Connected Parenting shares techniques that therapists use to help parents soothe their child as well as enhance the parent-child bond and is based on the understanding that correcting and guiding behavior works best when it is preceded by and linked to empathy. At the heart of this parenting model is the CALM Technique which helps parents accurately attune to children’s affect and experience. These empathic interactions release reward chemicals in the brain that stimulate positive emotions and increase order and balance in the nervous system. Reward chemicals, including natural opiates, endorphins, and a powerful hormone called oxytocin, reduce and inhibit stress hormones and bathe the brain in positive emotions that ripple through every cell in the body. The benefits of empathy and compassion have a strong base in science that cannot be underestimated. Simply put, it is brain food, the emotional nutrition all of us need, perhaps our children most of all...
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Mirroring Monday – “It’s Boring” Edition
Start the week off right with examples of mirroring from the team at Connected Parenting. If you’re new to Connected Parenting and want to find out more about mirroring and the CALM method, check out this podcast by Jennifer Kolari (courtesy of Penguin...
How Connected Parenting Can Help Orchid Children
According to the Orchid Hypothesis, popularized by David Dobbs in The Atlantic last year, a genetic predisposition to anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and behavioral problems may be better understood as a heightened sensitivity to both positive and n...
Mirroring Monday – Cleaning Up Your Room Edition
Start the week off right with examples of mirroring from the team at Connected Parenting. If you’re new to Connected Parenting and want to find out more about mirroring and the CALM method, check out this podcast by Jennifer Kolari (courtesy of Penguin...
Mirroring Monday – Snowpants Edition
Start the week off right with examples of mirroring from the team at Connected Parenting. If you're new to Connected Parenting and want to find out more about mirroring and the CALM method, check out this podcast by Jennifer Kolari (courtesy of Penguin...
Mirroring Monday – Proud Mommy Edition
Start the week off right with examples of mirroring from the team at Connected Parenting. If you're new to Connected Parenting and want to find out more about mirroring and the CALM method, check out this podcast by Jennifer Kolari (courtesy of Penguin...
Jennifer Kolari Discusses Misbehavior on Fresh Air
Jennifer Kolari joined Mary Ito on the CBC's Fresh Air this past Sunday to discuss misbehavior and what parents can do about it. Click here to listen to the podcast if you missed it the first time around.
New to Connected Parenting?
Check out this podcast by Jennifer Kolari (courtesy of Penguin Group USA) to find out more.
Listen to a Podcast of Jennifer Kolari Speaking About the Parent-Child Bond at the Parent’s Journal
If you haven't already had a chance to check it out, click here to listen to Jennifer Kolari speak about the parent-child bond on the U.S. nationally-syndicated Parent's Journal.