A normal part of parenting is dealing with challenges that arise for your child. Children get dysregulated and need a trusted caregiver to help them get through big emotions.

Children need adult support to regulate (calm) the big emotions that drive their big behaviors. ‘Time-in’ is an alternative strategy to ‘time-out’ that aims to provide children with the support they need to shift from dysregulated states to regulated states.

Kids are curious. It’s their job to learn about the world and how it works, and they look to their most important people to help them learn. When we take time to see the world through their eyes, we can respond with more patience and understanding.

Getting on the floor and engaging in endless amounts of pretend play (when you have a to-do list a mile long) to prevent challenging behavior or to quiet any parental guilt, is not the goal of play.

All parents want their children to show remorse and concern for others when an incident occurs. Check out these 6 simple steps on how to respond when your child hurts another.

Positive discipline is a way of teaching and guiding children by letting them know what behavior is acceptable in a way that is firm, yet kind. At Forty Carrots Family Center, we love sharing ideas to help support our families on the journey of parenting and raising children, so we created “The Parenting Toolbox.”

Are you noticing your kids having big feelings more often and the fights escalating? Although frustrating, the good news is that it is completely normal.

Emotions are a normal part of life. Every emotion plays an important role in our lives, even anger, which can be one of the more difficult feelings to process. For children, behavior is communication which makes them more prone to acting out when they are angry.

Mindfulness is about being present in the moment. Research shows that teaching mindful practices to young children can support stress reduction, self-regulation, levels of well-being and increase the capacity for compassion.

Transitioning from one activity to another can be challenging, even for adults. Transitions are a natural part of daily life, but change can be especially challenging for kids.