Sep 1, 2020
What You Need to Know about Your Kids’ Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors (spoiler – they’re all connected!) Kids say things that often lead us to the wrong conclusions about what is going on. A Yale study reveals how much our feelings influence what...
Aug 3, 2020
Stop trying to reason and rationalize with your child! Have you ever tried to explain to your child why something they did wasn’t a good idea? We’ve all done it. But here’s the problem… kids aren’t rational until about 12 or 13, so...
Jul 17, 2020
Understanding your kid’s big emotions (anger, crying, etc.) One of the key practices in Play Therapy is figuring out the emotion behind the behavior. When you know what emotion is causing a child to act a certain way, you can then reflect that feeling back to them and...
Jun 2, 2020
Say it in 10 words or less! Kids under 13 do not have rational thought, yet parents try to rationalize with their kids during discipline. This is completely futile! Kids are emotional, so it’s more effective to meet them in their emotion, reflect their feeling, and if...
Apr 24, 2020
Pediatricians should prescribe PLAY! (not meds) In this episode of Play Therapy Parenting®, Dr. Brenna discusses how the American Academy of Pediatrics published their “best of” 2019 journal articles, and one of the studies explores prescribing PLAY to combat all the...
Apr 22, 2020
“Be a thermostat, not a thermometer” In this episode of Play Therapy Parenting®, Dr. Brenna shares a parenting tip from her private parent coaching class (Child Parent Relationship Therapy [CPRT]). “Be a thermostat, not a thermometer” is a metaphor...
