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Guest Blog Post I wrote for JenniferKogan.com by Edie Schatz, LICSW Spending “Special” or “Floor” time with your child can really help the two of you connect. These days, parents are busier than ever and that can make it hard to spend “quality time” with our…

I recently gave a talk to a group of preschool parents about positive behavior. In the workshop, I suggested that we need to redefine discipline and think about it as an opportunity to teach our children. Following my talk, an article was published in Time about the dangers…

In my last blog post, I discussed how many professionals feel that time out is not beneficial for children. Overall, there has been a great shift in the understanding of children and their development. We now know so much about the way children’s minds develop…

Building children’s self-esteem is an important role of parenting. Self-esteem is the way children think, see and feel about themselves. Positive self-esteem develops when children have a healthy relationship with their parents and caregivers and feel capable, independent and accepted by others. When children develop…