Updated October, 2018 Our Favorite Board Games for 3, 4 and 5 year olds The board games for preschoolers that we've listed here are some of our family favorites as well as the top games for preschoolers recommended by parents. The best thing is that we've chosen games that everyone likes to play, [...]Continue Reading
How to Teach Gratitude to a Child – Four Parts of Gratefulness
More than saying an automatic 'thank you', gratitude is a character strength that supports our most positive life experiences and it’s much more than good manners. When I looked at how to teach gratitude to a child, beyond the basics of sending a thank you note, I learned that researchers at the [...]Continue Reading
Problem Solving for Parents – How to Ask Questions That Will Get You Better Help
Problem solving as a parent sometimes fills me with confusion and overwhelm. I find myself seeing all of things going wrong and despairing at figuring anything out. One of the things I've always had difficulty with is asking for help. Not because I don't want it, but because I get confused [...]Continue Reading
Gardening with Toddlers – Activities that are fun and easy to do together
3 Simple (But Stimulating) Gardening Projects You Can Do With Toddlers Today we welcome Scott to the Bounceback Parenting blog. He's a dad to two who discovered early in parenting that gardening is a great way to connect with kids. Here are his experiences with finding easy gardening with toddler [...]Continue Reading
10 Phrases to Encourage Resilience
At the beginning of my parenting journey I unknowingly passed by hundreds of opportunities for me and my kids to develop resilience. In my book Bounceback Parenting I explain that I made the mistake of thinking that my job was to make everything easy or comfortable for my kids. I often offered help [...]Continue Reading
Keep Summer Freedom from Turning Into Frustration – 5 Top Tips
As the days get longer I begin to get as antsy as the kids for the freedom of summer. I long for the relaxed summer days I loved as a kid. The problem is, sometimes all that freedom turns into frustration and crankiness when nobody knows what's next and everyone gets bored. Luckily, in the past [...]Continue Reading
