Cognitive Development – Emily Rittenberg, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

10 Thoughts on Bringing Mindfulness Into Your Home

Sharing mindfulness with your children and watch the ripple effects in both of your lives.

Archaeology of Parenting: Unearthing Yourself

Your essence is the most authentic, honest, real version of you. Over years of development it often gets built over with other’s stories of who you are (or who they want/need you to be)–good or bad–but not essential truths of who you are on the most elemental level. Eroding those stories we were told were your identity is a difficult but essential part of raising one’s own conscious awareness.

Confronting Independence

Everyone grows up with some level of attachment to our parents. In order to be able to have a healthy attachment to your child-which has multitudes of short term and long term health benefits to you both, one must be able to honestly assess their own emotional bond to their parents. One must ask, how did my parents do at keeping me safe, seen, secure and soothed?

Helping Little Kids Through Big Emotions

What parents need to know about dealing with tantrums and other “big” emotions in their kids and the bigger lesson they need to learn–for themselves and their kids!

Introduction to Mindfulness for Parents and Other Educators

A short and sweet introduction to the power of presence in your own life by cultivating the art, and understanding the science, of mindfulness.

Gift Yourself Presence to Your Heartache

I am in Fundamental Political Shock. Shocked, surprised and sad are just the beginning. Hurt, deceived, angry, and stupid are also some of the feelings. I want to hug my children and explain to them…explain what? Today we are just surviving. The first and last thing I want my kids to learn from today isContinue reading “Gift Yourself Presence to Your Heartache”

Parenting with Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation

Behavior. Ah. There is so much noise out there on the internet about how to get your children to behave better. The commonly accepted way of getting your children to do something usually comes back to what social scientists refer to as Behaviorism. Behaviorism means conditioning someone to alter certain behavior patterns in spite of thought or feeling. ThereContinue reading “Parenting with Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation”

3 Foundational Parenting Principles

The Parenting Philosophy of Rochester Parenting Coach can be summed up in 3 basic foundational parenting principles: KISS, set yourself up for success, and there is hope. Essential to these principles is my mission is to empower parents with reflection, intention, and improved communication. While my hope that your family dynamic improves, my intention isContinue reading “3 Foundational Parenting Principles”