People are increasingly leaning into being emotional. You can use generative AI such as ChatGPT to be a logic-to-emotion ...

Parenting can be hard and can feel especially overwhelming when children have strong emotions, such as anger, frustration or ...

Being a parent is a thankless job filled with mistakes, but there are many quiet signs you raised your kids well, even if ...

Supporting a child through intense emotions while managing your own is challenging work. Part of this is to practice identifying and validating emotions.

Supporting a child through intense emotions while managing your own is challenging work. Part of this is to practise ...

Your feelings are so valid." The kid looked confused. He'd been about to brush it off and keep playing. But after that ...

After years of endlessly negotiating with tiny tyrants, many gentle parents are burnt out - it’s no wonder FAFO parenting is ...

Minimizing or invalidating feelings happens far more often than we realize, to the point where it has become normalized and rarely recognized as a problem.

When toddlers melt down and teens snap back, it’s natural for us to have emotions. Some parents feel overwhelmed or out of control. Others try to push their emotions away. Emotions, after all, can be ...

As a licensed professional counselor and play therapist working with children ages 3-10, my work focuses on supporting children and families through trauma, adjustment, family issues and ...

A mom is working to reverse 10 years of gentle parenting after seeing the long-term effects on her children. Jaclyn Williams (@breakingcycles.co) shared a reel on Instagram describing the approach she ...

Cancer affects sexual health and intimacy, causing isolation and misunderstanding, necessitating specialized mental health support. Validating emotions and addressing post-cancer intimacy anxieties ...