by Tarkovacs Cecilia | 2020.11.14.
A mother told me once that her 2 year-old daughter purposefully does what she asks her not to. The mother asked me to suggest tricks that can make her child listen. We want to believe that only a quick word-change, a tricky strategy tool, is what we need to win. For...
by Tarkovacs Cecilia | 2020.11.14.
The question, which rarely brings forth what is expected, yet as parents we often cling to it unawares. Why do we feel a strong urge to say it, and why doesn’t it work for our children? Parents want connection When our child spends most of the day at school it’s...
by Tarkovacs Cecilia | 2020.11.14.
“I just want them to be happy!” The reason why we become so attached to our emotions. There is a lot of confusion and contradictions swirling in today’s society about whether or not to let our children cry. A few decades ago, even experts said that infants have to...
by Tarkovacs Cecilia | 2020.11.14.
What is so hard about understanding “Don’t”? We ask our children nicely not to do something, but they do it anyway. They might stop for a sec but then will restart again… It is easy to think they literally just don’t care about what we say however it’s not that...
by Tarkovacs Cecilia | 2020.11.14.
Children are somehow undercover agents. They have been given a special mission from the universe which only they can truly accomplish. I wonder why they can so easily drive us crazy at one moment and make us feel they are the best gifts of our lives at another? Their...
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