My 4 year old son Evan woke up cranky today. Everything seemed to be a fight even as his siblings wanted to play with him. It was easy for me…
I will never forget the moment three years ago in the Walmart greeting card aisle, when I clearly experienced the reassuring predictability of the Circle in what felt like the…
Today, I took a time out. I had been feeling irritable all day and was struggling to find patience with the many requests from my toddler. It seems she was…
My 1-year-old daughter has a medical condition that has been tricky to diagnose, so she has needed a series of medical procedures in her first year of life. Some of these…
It’s hard to leave a distressed child with another care provider, and no doubt every child’s first pick is their parent. A parent who worries for their child when they…
We all struggle with some needs on the Circle of Security. The important and yet difficult learning from attachment theory is that where we struggle, our children struggle. In Circle…
My first-time facilitating Circle of Security Parenting started with tremendous doubts about this Western parent coaching model. Well, I did have great trust in the model itself, but I also…
My toddler’s speech and language has come on in full force in the past 6 months – it’s been a joy to watch her taking pleasure in new ways of…
Early childhood is a time for significant social and emotional learning. The experiences children have in their early years of life go on to profoundly shape their life trajectories. So,…
It’s pretty much universal that parents want their children to be empathic. Of course we do – it’s a highly valued relational skill. And it’s a skill many parents spend…
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