Attention, learning, and problem solving depend in part on the ability to plan and sequence actions and ideas. The Interactive Metronome(R) helps ind….

Empathy comes from being empathized with..

If you do a little bit of looking at books with your children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures and ... what the word means, but don'….

Self-esteem is an inner feeling: Sometimes it corresponds with outer reality, and sometimes it doesn’t..

Imagine driving a car that isn't working well. When you step on the gas the car sometimes lurches forward and sometimes doesn't respond. When you blo….

Parents are led to believe that they must be consistent, that is, always respond to the same issue the same way. Consistency is good up to a point bu….

If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate….

Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other pe….

Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking a contrived, pretend dra….

To be motivated to sit at home and study, instead of going out and playing, children need a sense of themselves over time--they need to be able to pi….

Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they are liked. It is caring enou….

If your child is going to develop a healthy personality with the capacity to remain intact and grow, she must learn how to test reality, regulate her….

Even if you find yourself in a heated exchange with your toddler, it is better for your child to feel the heat rather than for himto feel you withdra….

We need to take a less narrow look at our children’s problems and, instead, see them as windows of opportunity—a way of exploring and understanding a….

A new world of complex relationships and feelings opens up when the peer group takes its place alongside the family as the emotional focus of the chi….