Co-regulating requires that parents approach tantrums with empathy. Co-regulating your emotions alongside your toddler can help achieve a resolution to conflict without raising your voice or loosing ...

Let's say a child has a meltdown at the supermarket. Instead of admonishing them, gentle parenting, also known as responsive parenting, calls for the caretaker to co-regulate, which means providing ...

On a recent evening, my children and I were watching “The Iron Giant,” the animated cult classic about a robot from outer space who, in 1957, crash-lands in the woods outside a small town in Maine, ...

The relationship with our babies can often be seen as a dance—a give-and-take of eye contact, touch, gestures, and emotions between parent and child. This metaphorical dance finds its scientific ...

Here we are again! It’s September, and it’s back-to-school season. This new “season” brings on new routines and… anxiety. For some children, the new year brings on excitement, and for others, it can ...