Proactive Parenting Blog
The tools and advice you need, taken from the latest research and scientific literature, to help you feel confident and in control as you raise your children.
How to support your child when they feel worried
During these uncertain times, we can’t promise our children things that we don’t control. We don’t know if people we love will become sick or that things will ...
Deanna Marie Mason
21 of May, 2020
By recognizing signs of stress, you can help your child manage...
Patricia was concerned because her four-year-old daughter Mary had started wetting the bed suddenly. Mary also returned to baby-talk to express her needs abou...
Deanna Marie Mason
29 of April, 2020
Simple ways of talking about COVID-19 with young children
Sam and Julie were so happy to hear that they could leave their apartment with their young children to take a walk around the neighborhood. Their ...
Deanna Marie Mason
24 of April, 2020
When a child won’t listen
John was at the park with his 4-year-old daughter, Ann. It was a bright, warm sunny day and they were having fun together. Ann was telling her father how to play the ...
Deanna Marie Mason
18 of March, 2020
Values to help your child be socially successful
Every family is different and there are no universal norms for how to raise a child. That said, in order for our children to fluidly move between school,...
Deanna Marie Mason
27 of February, 2020
A simple technique to praise your child so they feel it
Patty was sitting in the living room reading a magazine when her 10-year-old daughter, Lynn, burst into the room. Patty looked up and noticed that Lynn had chocol...
Deanna Marie Mason
12 of February, 2020
Catch your little ones being good
Bill and Imogen had three small children, ages 5, 3, and 7 months. Both Bill and Imogen worked outside the home and used a daycare to watch their two youn...
Deanna Marie Mason
31 of January, 2020
Practical ways to support teens who are stressed out about school
On Sunday evening June was in the kitchen preparing dinner for her family. Her 16-year-old son, Timothy, walked into the kitchen and slumped ...
Deanna Marie Mason
16 of January, 2020
Baby supplies: What you really need and what you don’t
Jennifer and Thomas were going to have their first child. Jennifer was 7 months pregnant and actively getting ready for the birth of ...
Deanna Marie Mason
13 of December, 2019
Breastfeeding and drinking alcohol
Krista was exclusively breastfeeding her 4-month-old daughter, Lauren. At dinner Krista and her husband, Kent, would have a glass of wine while Lauren sat in her swing next to ...
Deanna Marie Mason
29 of November, 2019
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