by Meaghan McClung | Sep 18, 2025 | Montessori, Conscious Parenting, Emotion Coaching, Independence, Life Skills, Montessori-aligned, Parenting, Practical Life, Resiliency, Respectful Parenting, Secure Attachment, Self-regulation
by Meaghan McClung | Sep 17, 2025 | Parenting, Co-regulation, Communication, Conscious Parenting, Emotion Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Independence, Life Skills, Montessori-aligned, Resiliency, Respectful Parenting, Role Model, Secure Attachment, Validation
The definition of resiliency is the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. While we would like to be able to shield our children from life’s hardships, the reality is that they will face challenges both big and small. One of the best things we can...
by Meaghan McClung | Apr 22, 2025 | Parenting, Body Safety, Boundaries, Communication, Conscious Parenting, Independence, Life Skills, Secure Attachment, Wellness
Note: If you are a parent who experienced childhood sexual trauma, please consider speaking with a mental health professional for the best guidance on how to discuss this subject with your child. We’ve all read the statistics about child sexual abuse. The...
by Meaghan McClung | Sep 24, 2024 | Parenting, Communication, Conscious Parenting, Independence, Life Skills, Respectful Parenting, Self-regulation, Uncategorized
When children start preschool at AFM, they come from a wide variety of past experiences. Some children are accustomed to being dropped off at daycare, and have relatively no anxiety about starting school in a new place. For those children without any past experience...
by Meaghan McClung | Aug 19, 2024 | Parenting, Communication, Conscious Parenting, Emotion Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Montessori-aligned, Respectful Parenting, Role Model, Secure Attachment, Validation
Every parent has, at one time or another, been completely caught off guard by a “difficult question”, dun, dun, dun. You know the type, “Mom, what happens when we die?” or the classic, “Where do babies come from?” Sometimes you...
by Meaghan McClung | Nov 4, 2019 | Montessori, Boundaries, Boundary Setting, Co-regulation, Communication, Conscious Parenting, Emotion Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Independence, Life Skills, Limits, Montessori-aligned, Natural Consequences, Parenting, Resiliency, Respectful Parenting, Role Model, Secure Attachment, Self-regulation, Validation
Arguably, one of the most important jobs you have as a parent is to establish boundaries with, and for your child. Children are not capable of establishing their own boundaries, and yet they have a deep developmental need to know what the boundaries are. If you think...
