by Amelia | Aug 10, 2018 | blog
Liar, liar, pants on fire This evening, our family dinner conversation was largely taken up with an argument about the existence of a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Palace. The grown-ups knew that no such book exists. “Sweetie, you must be mistaken....
by Amelia | Jul 30, 2018 | blog
The question is: what do you do when your child seems to be stuck in HULK-MODE? As one mother put it: “my kid needs anger management! He’s like a little Hulk, and anything can set him off!” Whether the anger is directed at you, your partner, another...
by Amelia | Jun 14, 2018 | blog
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just Love the App The excitement was written all over my face. I ran upstairs to get ready for a Facebook Live, and I shared our family’s progress while beaming with pride. We had figured it out! We were going through our...
by Amelia | May 31, 2018 | blog
(This is a letter to a real mom.) I can’t stop thinking about our conversation. I keep hearing those words: I do all these things, and no one notices. I do all these things, and nothing works. I do all these things, and I feel like a failure. I hear your exhaustion. I...
by Amelia | May 17, 2018 | blog
All kids say NO. Some say no more than others, but saying NO is a daily fact of life for all of us, including our kids. In fact, our kids have quite a few different ways of refusing to cooperate. When it comes to NO, it’s not just about quantity, it’s also about...
by Amelia | Apr 13, 2018 | blog
Whether it’s in the doctor’s office, in the classroom, around the table at a holiday meal, or even scrolling through Facebook, you’ve probably heard people grumbling about parents who “just need to give stricter consequences” or who have to “toughen up and let their...
by Amelia | Mar 30, 2018 | blog
Bedtime. Why is it so hard? Shouldn’t kids be tired? Doesn’t practice make perfect? We go through the same routine every night… and yet, children are wonderfully creative in their methods when it comes to protest and sabotage. (Podcast alert! Listen...
by Amelia | Mar 23, 2018 | blog
The internet is full of solutions, right? Your neighbour is a fountain of advice. There are books on the shelf full of answers. Magazines are full of relevant articles and big confident headlines. Why don’t any of those easy solutions seem to apply to your...
by Amelia | Mar 16, 2018 | blog
If you’re feeling lost as a parent, welcome! We’re all finding our way, and each stage has its own adventures. Here’s how this blog can help at each step along the way… Right now, you might just be feeling like you’re in survival-mode....
by Amelia | Mar 1, 2018 | blog
This blog post is Part 4 in the Map for Success for Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, a guide is for parents and teachers, to help them understand how children with ODD are built differently, and the techniques that work best to guide them. Previously in...
