When Others Judge Your Parenting

In the Spirited Child Facebook group, parents often ask, “How do you cope with the judgement from others?”  One strategy is to remember you are not responsible for the feelings of other adults – that’s on them. Your responsibility is the well-being of your family. Another key strategy is to focus on what you have more control over, which is setting your child up for success in difficult situations.  When you do, there will be fewer challenging behaviors for those critics to judge.

Encouraging Independent Play

“I’m bored. There’s nothing to do. You never play with me.” Sound familiar?  If you are feeling drained by your child’s seemingly endless demands for interaction, your first reaction may be to insist they play independently.  But have you ever noticed that the harder you push, the more they seem to cling?   So, if pushing doesn’t work, how can you get a break....