There are two situations in which it’s most essential to listen to your children: when you’re solving problems together and when you’re supporting your child in solving their own problems. Listening to children express themselves builds family connections and develops children’s emotional and intellectual capacities needed for a successful and happy adulthood. However, the one…
Many parents grew up with adults shaming them in order to get their compliance. Therefore, shaming words feel very natural to use with their own children and are often not questioned as to their effectiveness nor impact on their children. Rather than shaming, I reommend parents use the “just state the facts” strategy when giving…
A Parent Education Presentation at Mountain View Public Library Cynthia Klein recently gave a parent education presentation at Mountain View Public Library called “Building Your Child’s Self-Confidence and Personal Power.” Cynthia was a joy to work with from start to finish. She answered emails promptly and arrived early for the presentation. As the audience members…
My husband and I reached out to Cynthia for help with the many challenges we were facing in parenting our 12-year-old son. The first major problem we wanted to address was our son’s insistence on playing video games and his subsequent yelling and use of negative language when we tried to get him to stop.…