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The Sleep-Needs Connection: Let’s Not Throw Parents Under the Bus Please

Tracy Cassels, PhD2020-10-26T17:48:38-04:00December 13th, 2018|

A new "gentle" approach to sleep suggests that if parents meet all their child's needs, sleep will follow. However, I disagree and believe this type of approach can actually harm families. Here's why.

Gentle Parenting in the Face of Flour

Tracy Cassels, PhD2020-10-26T18:07:04-04:00April 9th, 2014|

Your children find the flour and decorate your living room with it. What do you do?

Distraction, Redirection, and Responsiveness

Tracy Cassels, PhD2020-10-26T18:08:03-04:00February 19th, 2014|

Here I want to lay out some critical distinctions between what it means to distract, redirect, or respond to a child, what it looks like, and whether or not each method works, according to research.