Sometimes we lose it with our children, their behaviors are escalating, refusing to go to bed, getting daily phone calls from the school staff complaining how "bad" little Johnny or Sally has been in school today, or just giving you the silent treatment. It is natural for all parents to get frustrated and start to raise our voice, maybe even threaten to spank them if they did not perk up. Does this sound familiar?

"Focus on the donut, not the hole!"

Play is the child's language. Our children sometimes don't have the ability to communicate their thoughts, feelings, or need through words. But through play, they are experts in expressing their feelings and thoughts through the toys or role plays they set up.

Parenting Tip Series

Parenting Tip Series. I will be starting a bi-monthly blog about different parenting information and strategies that I use with parents I see in my practice. Want to enhance you relationship with your child? See you child in a different way that you never have? I am a child and adolescent therapist, and a Registered Play therapist, practicing in Costa Mesa, CA in Orange County. Contact me for your free 15 minutes consultation to see how I can help you and your child. For more information about my practice please click here.