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School's starting up, but maybe you're still looking for creative ways to spend the last days of summer with your little ones.

Check out Treehouse parent coach, Lindsay Kessner's article in the North Coast Journal for fun out and indoor activities for your family.

Summer Fun for Kids Creative activities to do together at home

Check out these simple, straightforward methods to keep kids curious and motivated by adjusting activities to just the right level of difficulty🤗

Perfect Pitch Most people don't enjoy having things dumned down for them, and kids are definitely not exceptions to this rule. There are few quicker ways to get the stink-face from you 6-year-old than to explain something to them the way you would to a four-year-old. That being said, you can't speak the same way....

New blog post up now! Featuring fresh projects to engage you children in creativity and scientific exploration at home🎨🔎

Summertime Art & Science Fun Activities for Your Kids and Family at Home Looking for fresh ideas for long summer hours at home? Combine art and science to engage your kids in creativity and make their time meaningful and fun! The key to making these activities enjoyable, for both you and your children, is to not stress abou...

Check out the final part of our Healing Pandemic Dramas series!

Next month: Fun Art and Science for Kids at Home

Screen-Time Solutions to Cut Back, Make Peace, and Address Consequences Everyone’s sick of zoom school, and most kids are back in the classroom, but maybe screens are still a source of conflict in your home. Here are some ways to work with the most common screen-time issues to come up in the pandemic. To Cut Back With everyone working from home, more than a few parent...

Part 3 in our series: Healing Pandemic Dramas!

Real-life strategies for addressing the roots of difficult behaviors at TreehouseParentCoaching.com

My Kid Has Become... Not Nice Why is my precious child behaving like a mean little dictator? This can be a sensitive topic for some parents. And even though some other parents are real no-nonsense about it and just want solutions, I'm going to begin by saying that it's my true belief- and my personal experience- that most parent...

Part 2 in our May series on Pandemic Solutions is live now on treehouseparentcoaching.com

Resolving Bedtime Drift (Re)Create Structure and Stability

Helpful tips for smooth transitions for your family! 🛣
by Treehouse’s Lindsay Kessner in this week’s North Coast Journal

Stick the Landing Parenting tips for transitions

Alternative answers and solid info on a topic that’s pretty darn timely for a lot of parents

Burnout and Other Pandemic Buzzwords What To do When Self-Care Isn't Cutting It

Fresh blog post today at treehouseparentcoaching.com!
Just what is a parent coach?

https://www.treehouseparentcoaching.com/post/help-i-need-a-well-i-don-t-know-exactly-but-someone-has-got-to-tell-me-what-to-do-with-my-kids

Help! I need a... Well, I don’t know, but someone's got to tell me what to do with my kids Just what is a parent coach? And how can you help me?

https://www.treehouseparentcoaching.com/post/children-feel-safe-when-their-parents-are-empowered

Children Feel Safe When Their Parents Are Empowered This is a big one, and it can be counterintuitive to a lot of parents. Here are some key points for creating safety by coming into power in your role as parent. Your kids need you to be in charge. They have a psychological imperative to push against your authority. But it is that consistent, calm au...

The need for outdoor play may be common sense for many parents, but this article (while not quite new) includes a few great comments on the importance of legitimate risk-taking and how unstructured play supports the development of executive functioning.

6 reasons children need to play outside - Harvard Health Blog From higher-level brain development to socialization, to vitamin D production and fitness, there are many reasons children need to spend time outside.

Nice little article explaining some science behind why you can't reason with your tantruming two-year-old, and that your own emotional response will affect the situation far more than words or repercussions.

The Science Behind Your Child’s Tantrums And how to nip them in the bud before they start.