by John Hoffman | Jan 16, 2025 | Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg for Parents
Serve and return, a term coined by Harvard researchers 20 or so years ago, has become a pretty influential way to help parents understand the importance and how-to of sensitive/responsive parenting. Serve and return is essentially about growth-promoting back and forth...
by John Hoffman | Dec 12, 2024 | Self-Reg Blog
Originally Written in 2020 I’m probably the millionth person to say that this will not be a normal Christmas. In fact, as I write this, I’m still not sure what sort of Christmas get-togethers we will be allowed to have. Then there’s the question of if it will feel...
by John Hoffman | Dec 3, 2024 | Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg for Parents
This is the second in a series of blogs where I’m looking at influential parenting ideas through my own personal Self-Reg lens. Most experts, and parents, would agree that good discipline is important in child-rearing. However, it depends what you mean by discipline....
by John Hoffman | Nov 4, 2024 | Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg for Parents
Self-Reg, with its emphasis on understanding and addressing stressors that impact kids’ behaviour and development, not to mention adult behaviour, is a great addition to any parent’s tool kit. The thing is, Self-Reg is not an island. It lives in a world loaded with...
by John Hoffman | Oct 21, 2024 | Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg Community, Self-Reg for Parents
I’ve always had little personal “theories” about what makes people (including myself) tick. Maybe you do as well. My “theories” are speculative, not scientific. They are based on a combination of my experiences, observations and knowledge. These speculative “theories”...
