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...Child School, Grades, & Homework Screen Use Sensitive & Intense Kids Sensory Sibling Conflict Sleep Mealtime Parenting Teens Parenting Preschoolers Correct The Goal Was to Ask More Questions and Tell...

Receiving Unsolicited Parenting Advice?
...Longs to Hear” ahead of time and ask if they could read it to better understand what you’re trying to learn. If you have a child with sensory needs, you...

Here’s How to Seize the Opportunity When Your Child Feels Distant
...for you. You are not alone. A good friend of ours had young children wired similarly to our children: intense, hypersensitive to sensory experiences, and exceptionally active. It was hard,...

How to Avoid Being Taken Hostage by Kids’ Demands
...out of control and need to control something. Having some control helps them feel less anxious inside. (This anxiety can be related to emotional or sensory sensitivity, or some other...

When Parenting Seems About to Boil Over
...he was very delayed in all areas during his first year of development and also struggled with many sensory difficulties. From the onset, our parenting included lots of prayer, searching...

Grace & Truth for Moms
...loads of experience from raising her spirited crew of three. Additionally, she has over 25 years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist specializing in kids with sensory processing disorders...

From Nursing to Coaching: Walking with Parents in Intense Times
...Right after I completed the coaching program, Connected Families posted a part-time parent coach position with a specific focus on families with young kids and sensory needs. That seemed too...

Painfully Shy: A Promising Story of Facing One Child’s Social Anxiety
...and/or insecure Children that resist participating in social situations may be sensitive to the sensory stimulation of new people or groups. Or they may be insecure about what they will do or say and...

Why Your Discipline Often Backfires
...these questions: What is the “attention payoff” you are giving your child in a persistent behavior challenge you are facing? Is there a valid need (i.e. physical/sensory) that may also...

My Child is Afraid of Everything | Ep. 38
...a Simple Sensory Diet for Restless, Homebound Kids Want to learn more? Our blog post “Are You Micromanaging Your Kids?” Here’s How to Stop gives more practical and helpful tips...