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Growth spurts can start as early as 10 days after your baby’s birth.  Growth spurts usually are preceded by a sleepy, lethargic day and a big jump in appetite.  Growth spurts may happen again at 3, 6, and 12 weeks and again at 4 and 6 months.  If you begin to notice that your child is not as satisfied with the amount that you have been feeding her previously, then she may be beginning a growth spurt period.  If you are breastfeeding, you may want to add a feeding or two to satiate your baby’s appetite and to help increase milk production.

Power Tools : Mental Health

Power Tools for Helping Shy, Fearful, and Cautious Children

By Ron Huxley, LMFT

Power Tool No.1: "Approach and Withdrawal"

Useful with shy, fearful, and cautious children. Often referred to as slow-to-warm, these children are hesitant to try new tasks or enter unfamiliar situations. In familiar environments, these children are the opposite of fearful or shy. But at recess or in the front of the class, these children may cling to the parent or act as if frozen. The parent is a solid, secure object for the child. To use this tool, the parent must be extremely patient. Stay with the child and approach a new situation together. Once you have entered the new situation, remain alongside the child until the child is engaged in the activity. At this time you can slowly withdraw from the situation allowing the child to interact on his/her own. The secret to this tool is to work with the temperament of the child and not to push them too quickly into new situations. The child will resist more.

Power Tool No.2: "Separation Serenity"

Useful to cope with children's separation anxiety. It helps to ease the distress of saying good-bye to parents when children are dropped off. Separation anxiety is developmentally universal and normal. It proves that children can form strong, healthy attachments to their caregivers. Here are two separation serenity strategies: Take more time preparing the child and having a more positive reaction to dropping off the child. Parents can spend some time with the child prior to dropping him or her off and gradually decreasing the amount of time in the classroom with the child in the morning. Rushing to school and then off to work will create more separation anxiety. Parents can also control their feelings of anxiety, which is often picked up on by children and creates more distress. Teachers can plan an exciting activity for the child when he or she first arrive and announce that activity to the child at the end of the day prior.

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