Parenting That Heals

Emotional resilience is something that all parents want for their children. Traditional parenting approaches to building resilience are not effective because these approaches teach parents how to manage this problem, instead of how to heal it.  This is a band-aid approach.  If you are managing your children's problems, this means the problem still exists.  In this episode  I ex...

Children are not born with low self-esteem. They cannot be born feeling that they are not good enough, In this episode I will offer a different way of understanding what low self-esteem is, how  to recognize it as soon as possible, why it happens with some children and not with others, and how parents can reverse the negative self-beliefs that children have.

For children, the feeling of anxiety makes their lives such a struggle.  For the parent, it is heartbreaking to watch a child struggle with anxiety.  In this podcast I will discuss what is at the root of a child's  anxiety.   Learn why children become anxious and what to do to help them overcome this.  I explain that it is not possible to convince a child to stop bein...

Defiance in children is a deeply misunderstood problem and, unfortunately, often handled in a way that simply increases the defiance.  Defiant children don't choose to be defiant.  They cannot stop themselves. Something is happening inside them that is driving them to behave that way. Listen to Dr. sandy explain what this is and what parents can do to shift the child from defiant to deli...

Sensitive children need sensitive and special parenting.   With the best intentions and love,  a parent may  unintentionally cause a sensitive child to feel stressed and anxious.  This parenting trap is understandable because parents want their sensitive children to become more emotionally robust but trying to change the child's sensitive nature with advice and too much ta...

In their desire to help their children, parents may engage and communicate with their children in ways that sends the child the message that...'the way you are is not enough'.