As a parent, your relationship with your child is key to his or her health and happiness and will form the template for all future relationships. Your infant is born with a powerful instinct to elicit as much care and attention from you as possible. As a species we are hardwired on a cellular level […]
With the busy schedules parents juggle, few of us can find the time to read an entire parenting book. Sometimes biting off just a little bit of wisdom is enough to start navigating your family’s day with more mindful ease. 1. LISTEN. Be an attentive audience. Take the time to listen to your child’s concerns, […]
Talk to any parent: The holidays bring out the best and worst in families. As parents of children whose emotions are running high, you may find yourselves struggling to keep the spirits bright. Here are 5 helpful hints for a happier holiday with your kids. 1. Remember, all children struggle with processing strong emotion. Every […]
“When am I helping my child too much and when should I step back? “Am I enabling my child by providing help with homework or other responsibilities?” Parents, as well as teachers, often struggle with this conflict. Understanding that children will do well if they can and that all children possess the natural human drive […]
November 6, 2013 Campbell Hall Homework is an important topic on the minds of most parents today. On November 6th, I am looking forward to speaking to the parents of Campbell Hall, one of Los Angeles’ premier private, college preparatory schools for students K-12, located at 4533 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607. […]
There have been hundred or thousands of research studies conducted over the past 20 to 30 years in the fields of neuroscience, neuropsychology and education that help us better understand the brain, learning and child development. But, despite all of this knowledge, we have more children struggling in school than ever before. How do we […]
Peter Murphy, Ph.D. Adage for the day: When it comes to raising children, time is your ally. Sometimes we discover the strengths in children by looking at the flip-side of what appear to be deficits. For example, you might have a child who becomes single-minded and relentless when “locked onto” something she wants. She can […]
A good illustration of parents being attuned to their child came during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Jonathan Horton of the United States Gymnastics team was featured in a television commercial explaining how he climbed all the way to the ceiling in the middle of a department store at 4-years of age. For some parents this […]
I have yet to meet a child who does not want to succeed. We all possess a natural drive for mastery over appropriate developmental tasks. There is a robust pleasure for learning built into our brains. We are driven to create connections between neurons and to master skills under the right conditions. This concept is […]
The first thing any of us as parents, teachers and other adults working with children can do is to improve the quality of our relationship with them. This idea is more than a philosophical shift in approach to childrearing. It is a scientifically supported concept that needs to be put into practice on a daily […]