Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast

Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast

Hosted by: Hand in Hand Parenting with Elle Kwan and Abigail Wald

When children's behavior is difficult, parents need support, good information, and practical tools to reduce stress, understand their child's emotions, and build cooperation and warm connection in the family. Join...

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A Love Letter to Parents

    If you were to see a job description for a role where non-stop, around-the-clock care was compulsory, and there was no training and no overtime, would you take it? Probably not! Yet, it's what we all sign up for...
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A Surprisingly Simple Tool You Can Use to Deal With Difficult Family Members

  The holiday season is rolling around fast. Whether it's Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Years these festive times exist to bring family together. And while the holidays can be fun and merry events, for...
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Reframing Your Past Could Be The Key To More Confident and Content Parenting

Psychologist and parenting expert Ross Greene coined quite the term when he said that "Kids do well when they can," but isn't exactly the same true of parents? Reframing your past could be the key to getting there,...
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5 Myths About Kids and Sleep Debunked

  Sleep. It's up there with eating and tantrums as a stress-causing subject for parents. And isn't there just so many ideas, action plans and tools for change online or offered by well-meaning grandparents,...
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Reprise: The Great Halloween Candy Fight

To celebrate the year since the Hand in Hand Parenting podcast launched - and the treat it's been connecting with a quarter of a million parents all over the globe - Abigail and Elle ring in their one year...
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Two Ways To Conquer Separation Anxiety

Changes in routine or surroundings often trigger separation anxiety, and as parents, we often see it play out at daycare or school drop-off. And it's really no secret why. We rush to get out on time, we have our...
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Lying: Why Children Lie And Ways to Respond

Have you ever? Watched as your child did something and then immediately blame someone else? Heard, "I have no homework," from your child and then discovered it stuffed at the bottom of her school bag? Had a parent...
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Why are we parents so scared of disappointing our kids?

Are you shy of disappointing your kids? Over the last few episodes, Abigail and Elle have been decoding emotional projects - in part one we looked at noticing behaviors which signal an emotional project, and in part...
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Ep 47 Working with a Child's Rigid Behaviors

Episode #47

This week we define how deep-rooted fears cause emotional projects, and how parents experience them as well as children.   000004F3 000004F3 00010357 00010357 00166F5E 00166F5E 00007B8A 00007B8A 00001729 00001729
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An Entirely New Spin on Kids and Sharing

To share, or not to share, is that the question? So many parents in our parent groups and The Parent Club come to us with questions about sharing, it's a subject that we knew we had to cover! Why is sharing such a...
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Growth Mindset, Winning, and Why It's Important for Your Child

How can we help children towards building a positive self-identity? An "I Can!" attitude? This week Abigail shares the life-changing moment she cracked her tens times tables at 8-years-old, and how this win led to a...
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Happier Parenting: Why Owning Your Parenting is Key

Have you ever woken up in the morning and vowed to yourself that you are going to make it A GREAT DAY? And then, 10 minutes later, your kids are bickering over who got the best bowl, homework is missing, and you...
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