How to Help a Child Who Avoids Homework Without Power Struggles
A calm, parent-friendly script to reduce homework battles: lower pressure, offer small choices, and shrink the task into one tiny first move.
Why The Rabbit in the Moon Is One of the Best New Picture Books of 2025
A parent-focused explanation of why The Rabbit in the Moon stands out in 2025: a child-friendly picture book that teaches emotional resilience and courage through tiny brave steps.
McHenry County Living Feature: The Rabbit in the Moon (Behind the Story)
McHenry County Living shared the origin story behind The Rabbit in the Moon. Here’s my companion post: what the feature captured, why the book exists, and how it helps hesitant kids.
Best Picture Books for Classroom (And Why Teachers Choose Them)
A teacher-friendly guide to the best picture books for classroom use, including read-aloud qualities, SEL benefits, and a simple lesson plan using The Rabbit in the Moon.
Why The Rabbit in the Moon Is a Good Child-Friendly Picture Book
A parent guide explaining why The Rabbit in the Moon is a child-friendly picture book that helps kids face fear, take tiny brave steps, and build emotional resilience.
Why Picture Books Are Good for Children (And How They Build Emotional Strength)
A parent guide to why picture books are good for children, including language development, emotional resilience, bedtime calm, and confidence-building examples from The Rabbit in the Moon.
The Power of Picture Books in Teaching Emotional Resilience
A parent guide to how picture books build emotional resilience, helping kids name big feelings, recover faster, and take tiny brave steps through hard moments.
What Should a Child Learn From a Picture Book? (The 6 Lessons That Matter Most)
A parent guide to what children should learn from picture books, including emotional intelligence, resilience, empathy, and simple questions to ask after reading.
Bedtime Anxiety in Kids: What to Say and What to Do
What to say and what to do when your child has bedtime anxiety, including scripts, tiny brave steps, and a simple calming ritual you can use tonight.
How The Rabbit in the Moon Was Born (as told by TribLIVE)
A behind-the-story companion to the TribLIVE feature on The Rabbit in the Moon, sharing how Yabbit’s message of tiny brave steps was born and why it became a keepsake for families.
Why Rabbits Make the Best Characters for Toddler Emotional Growth
A parent-friendly guide to why rabbit characters are perfect for toddler emotional intelligence, helping children name big feelings and build courage through tiny brave steps.
How to Help a Child Who Refuses to Try New Things
If your child refuses to try new things, the first move is not more pressure. This parent guide explains why refusal often hides fear, how to respond in the moment, and how tiny brave hops help hesitant children begin.
Tiny Brave Steps: How to Start the New Year With More Courage
A gentle New Year’s guide for families: practical tiny brave steps that help kids (and parents) move through hesitation and start the year feeling more confident.
New Year’s Eve: How Adults Can Overcome Hesitation and Avoidance in 2026
A powerful New Year’s Eve reflection on why adults avoid what matters and how to move forward in 2026 with tiny brave steps, routine anchors, and self-trust.
5 Ways Yabbit the Rabbit Makes Bedtime Easier for Parents
A parent-first guide to how Yabbit the Rabbit supports calmer bedtimes by reducing stalling, easing nighttime fears, and building tiny brave steps into your routine.
Avoidance Behaviors During Christmas Break: How to Help Sensitive Kids
A practical, parent-friendly guide to why sensitive kids show more avoidance during Christmas break and how to respond with calm routines and tiny brave steps.
The Best Christmas Gift for Sensitive Kids: The Rabbit in the Moon
A heartfelt guide to why The Rabbit in the Moon makes a powerful Christmas gift for sensitive kids, supporting bedtime anxiety, big feelings, and tiny brave steps.
How to Help a Child Who Is Afraid to Try
A compassionate guide to helping children who are afraid to try new things, using gentle strategies that build bravery one small step at a time.
What Avoidance Behaviors Are Telling You (And What To Say)
Avoidance isn’t always defiance. Learn what avoidance behaviors in kids usually mean and what to say in the moment, with simple scripts and tiny brave steps that help kids start again.
Understanding Nighttime Anxiety in Young Children
A compassionate guide to understanding nighttime anxiety in young children and how gentle routines, emotional validation, and tiny brave steps help them feel safe at bedtime.