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Decoding Each Family Member – The Nine Traits of Temperament

by on April 29, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to present to a lovely group of parents from Deep Cove Parent Participation Preschool on the topic of Decoding Each Family Member – The Nine Traits of Temperament. We now know that individuals have their own unique temperament and it works much better to understand  a person’s temperament  and work [...]

SETting Limits – How to Be Kind and Firm

by on April 17, 2013

Although we all flip back and forth between being a Jellyfish parent, Backbone parent and Brickwall parent (Barbara Coloroso’s terms), setting limits can sometimes take us back to the default of a Brickwall parent “You do it because I said so!”  Since, our goal is to be a Backbone Parent (for as much time as [...]

Are You Inadvertently Reinforcing Misbehaviour?

by on April 1, 2013

To understand how to address misbehaviour, we need to be familiar with the progressive 4 Goals of Misbehaviour according to Adlerian theory:  Attention, Power, Revenge, and Assumed Inadequacy (as mentioned in an earlier article.) The biggest mistake is to immediately react to the misbehaviour and not pause to collect our thoughts, or consider the feelings behind [...]

How to Help Our Children Self-Regulate

by on March 25, 2013

In my last two newsletters I have discussed what self-regulation is and how to help ourselves self-regulate our emotions.  Today I will discuss strategies for helping our children learn to self-regulate. Three Important Factors to Consider When Gaining an Understanding of a Child’s Self-Regulation Capabilities: 1) Developmental stage of the child’s nervous system 2) Temperament [...]

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