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How To Respond to Your Emotional Preschooler

March 17, 2021 by valplowman
upset and emotional preschooler

Get 8 tips for helping your preschooler to calm down when she is being really emotional. Learn what to do and what not to do. “Mama I love it when …

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6 Things to Know About Raising a Highly Sensitive Child

January 23, 2025March 24, 2020 by valplowman
Mom reassuring her upset child

What parents need to know about raising a highly sensitive child. What traits to expect and why anger might not be something to discipline for. by Caitlin Rogers I have …

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Categories Parenting Tags emotions, Guest Post 2 Comments

Addressing the Emotional Needs of a Gifted Child

March 14, 2022February 14, 2019 by valplowman
Boy looking to the side while wearing a cap on his head

Addressing the Emotional Needs of a Gifted Child. Gifted children have intense emotions and need help learning to recognize and control emotions. It is always important to remember that a …

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How to Allow Children to Feel Without Acting Out

October 19, 2022January 10, 2019 by valplowman
Girl looking to the side

How to Allow Children to Feel Without Acting Out. Children can have feelings and emotions, but need to learn to manage them. Little kids come with big feelings. We all …

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Brinley Child Summary: 6 Years Old

April 27, 2020August 15, 2018 by valplowman
6 year old Brinley

Six year old girl schedule and development. How to deal with emotions and what six year old girls are like. This is a summary for Brinley from 5 years 10 …

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How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions

October 19, 2022August 14, 2017 by valplowman
How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions

I have never been an emotional person. I live by logic. When my daughters started getting old enough to have irrational, emotional meltdowns, I would stare, utterly frozen. If my …

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Babywise, Act 2, Scene 1: What is this?!

October 7, 2022July 20, 2017 by valplowman

by Ashley Bellis Two sons ages 4 years (J1) and 1 year (J2)   This time last year I was writing a Babywise success story. I was proud of my accomplishments …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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