Parenting During Difficult Times
Offers practical, research-backed strategies to help your child—and yourself—cope with stress, anxiety, and sadness during uncertain and difficult times.
1. Hard Times & What Kids Need
2. Why It Feels So Hard Right Now
3. Helping Kids Feel Safe
4. Easing Anxiety, Step by Step
5. Trusting Your Child’s Strength
Q1: How do I help my anxious child when I feel anxious too?
Q2: How can I reassure my child when life is stressful?
6. Holding Up the Mirror
7. Naming and Sorting Feelings
8. Comfort Through Connection
9. Helping Kids Feel Capable
Q3: My child feels left out at school—how can I help?
Q4: How can I support a child who’s quietly sad?
10. When Kids Just Won’t Cooperate
11. Solving Problems With Your Child
12. Reconnecting in Small Moments
13. Letting Your Child Take the Lead
Q5: Why is my child fighting me on everything?
Q6: How do I get my child moving when we're in a rush?
14. Finding Balance With Screens
15. Setting Smart, Realistic Limits
Q7: How do I balance screen time with my own need for a break?
Q8: My child used to love playing—how do I bring that back?
16. Guiding Kids Through Conflict
17. Letting Kids Work It Out
18. Coaching Kids Through Teasing
19. Building Sibling Bonds
Q9: How can I help when my older child needs space and the younger one wants connection?
Q10: How do I get my kids to stop tattling and solve things on their own?