by Cecilia Hilkey | compassion, parenting, tantrums
When my child struggles, misbehaves or acts out, I can sometimes get into the trap of blaming myself. I’m guessing that you can relate to this too. I know I’m not alone in this because in my work with parents, self-judgment and blame are a pretty common pattern....read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting, tantrums
I’m going to talk about something that I’ve never talked about publicly before… a time when I had a meltdown. And I’ve got a 5-sentence mini-script that you can say whenever you are about to lose it. Seriously, it’s gold! First the story, I rarely talk about, when I...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting, tantrums
I want you to meet Dr. Christopher Willard. He’s a psychologist, author of 5 books including Growing Up Mindful and Raising Resilience, father of 2 kids, meditator, and teacher at Harvard Medical School (he’s no slouch!). Chris shares about meltdowns and the brain:...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | conflict, parenting, tantrums
You might say it’s a child having… A tantrum A melt down Big feelings Getting to the end of their rope Flipping their lid. Whatever you call it, we’ve all experienced it. Every parent struggles, at one point or another, with helping their child through an upset. For...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | conflict, parenting, tantrums
No matter how old your kids are… 2, 12, or 22 years old, at some point they’ve been overcome with emotions. Even us, mature adults have “grown up tantrums” occasionally. We might call it road rage, over-eating, over-drinking, over-shopping, yelling, door slamming, or...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | conflict, research, tantrums, tools
As part of our Education: Next Generation Online Conference, Dr. Ross Greene was one of our featured speakers. Unfortunately, due to a family emergency he was unable to participate in the conference. Fortunately, Dr. Greene generously met with us online after the...read more
