The Importance of Giving a Child Chore
By: Diane Malik Published on: 19/06/2025Mindful delegation of chores to your preschooler helps them build confidence, responsibility and time management skills. Here are five tips for success.
How to Use Positive Noticing of your Child’s Behavior to Create a Supportive Parenting Style
By: Diane Malik Published on: 11/06/2025Dear Diane, My child is wonderfully energetic and creative, but can also be quite messy and hyperactive at times. She can be demanding and refuses to listen. I often find myself feeling overwhelmed and negative and unsure of how to respond ...
Positive Parenting and the Power of "No"
By: Diane Malik Published on: 10/06/2025You are in the grocery store. There is a four-year child standing in the cart in front of you. "Erin, sit down," says her mother, but Erin refuses. You smile sympathetically; Mom asks again and again until the child starts to throw a temper tantrum. Mom shuffles, visibly uncomfortable and instead of pushing the issue, shifts the groceries to allow the child to continue to stand in the cart. Mom smiles back at you weakly, shrugs and says, “Kids! What can you do?”...
New Ask Diane! Six Parenting Tips from Psychotherapist & Founder of BrainMoves LLC Blog
By: Diane Malik Published on: 05/06/2025In my decades of experience as a psychotherapist and child development specialist, I have learned that there are some family patterns that happen again and again. Children and parents explore and define boundaries, test and learn communication methods and grow together. It is why I created BrainMoves: To help preschoolers who face challenges with their development, balance, coordination, learning, trauma recovery, and other behavioral, emotional, or physical issues caused by stress.
