You know that moment when the preschool teacher waves you to the side and says, “Caleb pushed another child down on the playground today.” Or Ella hit, or Grant had…
A great book can make an emotion, a problem, or situation that is abstract to your child, concrete, real, and most importantly, solvable. I talk more about how to…
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. See my Policies for details. When my son was 7 months old we braved transatlantic travel and took him to my husband’s hometown…
This January marks the one year anniversary of Nurture and Thrive! I started this blog not knowing quite what to expect. My hope was to reach a few parents…
I don’t know if you heard through the grapevine like I did that kids in France will sit through dinners that last hours. Or that families who eat together,…
Focused attention, sometimes known as attention regulation, is the ability to shift and focus attention and blocking out extraneous information when needed. This is a skill that takes a long…
A little over a year ago we moved across the country. Then we spent 6 months in temporary housing. Once we finally found a house, we moved again. It was a…
