by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
“We’ve got a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old and I love them to pieces, but they’re always getting into things or having tantrums or squabbling with each other or getting sick or throwing a ruckus when my husband and I are trying to talk to each other. Or all the above!...
by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Summertime means long, sunny days, no school, lazy weekends, family vacations – and lot’s more time with the kids. Most parents LOVE having their children around more. But it’s a mixed blessing since it also means that we’re dealing more with day to day child...
by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Last year, the holidays were crazy! I seemed to spend most of my time standing in line or carrying bags. We spent a small fortune on assorted complicated gizmos — which got opened and then ignored as my daughter and son spent most of the day playing with $2.99 worth...
by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
“What are skillful ways to respond to the wants of our children?” I’ve discussed previously how the motivated pursuit of goals, the territory of wanting, is a defining characteristic of human beings. The time that we learn the most about wanting is in childhood....
by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Dear Dr. Hanson,When the baby cries we pick her up, but our parents say she’s manipulating us and she’ll never learn to live without us if we keep getting her. We’re worried she will be traumatized — and our parents worry she’ll become a...
by Ayden Heim | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Dear Dr. Hanson,How can we figure out what our children want?A child’s — or grownup’s — wants usually follow a particular path through time that I call an ‘arc of desire.’ Figuring out what a child wants requires understanding that...
