The Importance of Empathy

Empathy. The word of the year. We hear about it from researchers, teachers, therapists, and our fellow parents. As humans, we could all use a little more empathy. We often confuse empathy with sympathy. To sympathize is to feel bad for how another is feeling; to empathize is to genuinely sit with another in their feeling. Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another. Today I want to talk about the importance of empathy in parenting.

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Positive Parenting: Say this, not that

Whether we are parenting, teaching, or nannying, frustrations get the best of us. We find ourselves frustrated with crying children who do not comply with what we say. Out of frustrations come demands such as:

How Emotion Coaching Can Help Your Child’s Behavior

These two kids have taught me more about emotion coaching than the 15 years of experience of child counseling, evaluations, and advanced degrees. Read below to learn some of the things that being a mother has taught me to help me with my clients.

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How Do You Stop a Tantrum?

“How do you stop a tantrum?” I feel like Google probably responds to this question a million times a day. As a counselor who often works with children, working on behavioral and emotional regulation is often the number one goal of treatment.

Child CounselingAmy RolloNovember 7, 2017parenting, Parent Consultation, positive reinforcement, positive parenting, how to stop a tantrum, what to do when your child meltsdown, how to handle an oppositional child

The Importance of Play!

As a Licensed Professional Counselor who often works with children and a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology, I firmly believe that children need to have play to teach them how to cope with emotions, develop critical thinking skills, and learn early academics.

Those Defining Parenting Moments

How to use positive parenting even in the toughest moments.

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Mindfulness for Children

A new buzz word in the field of mental health has been mindfulness. Many have heard about it but are not sure what it is. Mindfulness means being present in the moment.

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Parenting Without Yelling!!!

When parents enter my office for the first time, they often express that they are overwhelmed. They are tired of constantly yelling at their children and know their children are exhausted by the struggle as well.

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Benefits of Siblings

It’s National Sibling Day. I know, many of you are thinking “is that a real thing…?” Apparently it is! I recently had my second child and began to witness the importance of siblings.

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"Stop!" Yes, Stop. "Stop, What?"

As I sat down to write the blog for the summer only one word came to mind, “STOP!” Yes, stop. “Stop what?” you might ask, and I want to respond with “everything.”

Child CounselingAmy RolloMarch 31, 2016parenting, positive parenting, discipline, self-care, Discipline, Counseling services in Cypress, counseling, Evaluation services in Cypress

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