Research-backed strategies for tantrums, defiance, aggression, and everyday power struggles, written by a licensed clinical child psychologist and taught step by step. New articles every week, in the order Dr. Emily teaches them in practice.
Understand the pattern behind your child's behavior before you try to change it. The foundational first step of the Parent Steps framework.
A quick check-in on your observation week, with more real ABC examples from everyday family life.
Decades of research point to one approach for severe child behavioral challenges. Almost no one has heard of it.
Why the Parent Steps framework exists, who it's for, and what you'll actually get from it each week.
The single most research-backed strategy in behavioral parent training, and why most parents are doing it slightly wrong.
How to tell if strategic labeled praise is landing, what to do if your child pushes back, and how often to actually praise.
Why one week of strategic labeled praise isn't enough, and how to tell if you're ready to move on.
Exact phrasing for strategic labeled praise, organized by target behavior and daily routine.
Montessori discourages praise. Here's the clinical case for why strategic labeled praise actually builds the independence Montessori is after.
How one family used Parent Steps 1 and 2 to end a nightly battle over cleaning up toys for dinner.
Why five focused minutes a day changes listening, cooperation, and connection more than an hour of unstructured time together.
Troubleshooting the most common ways special time goes sideways in week one, and exactly what to do about it.
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