Dr. Rene Hackney currently owns and teaches at Parenting Playgroups, Inc. in Alexandria, VA. She lectures to thousands of parents, teachers and social workers in the Washington DC area on a wide range of parenting related topics each year. She holds a PhD. in developmental psychology and a M.A....
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Social Entry
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Social entry is how children get into ongoing play. Imagine you and your child walk into a busy preschool classroom. There are four children already playing in the houseke ...
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starting school
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
I need your help!!! My six year old daughter Amy is having some anxiety related to starting school soon. She has been having difficulty going to bed at night; this seems to be ...
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Missing Preschool Days
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
My four year old son, Nathan, is a very picky eater. I have read and tried all sorts of different tactics... unsuccessfully. I'm sure some (possibly much) is control related, ...
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Recognizes Letters
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
My four year old son recognizes all of his upper and lower case letters. What is the next step?
Sincerely,
Karen
Mother of two, ages four and three years
De ...
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starting school
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
I need your help!!! My six year old daughter Amy is having some anxiety related to starting school soon. She has been having difficulty going to ...
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Learn Thru Play
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
Our four year-old is scheduled to start Kindergarten in the fall of 2008. We want her to be ready. Should we encourage her to “learn through pla ...
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Forced Apologies
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
When my child does something that upsets or hurts another child, I want him to apologize. He may apologize but often is resistant, and it end ...
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Bribes to Eat Vegis
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
My six year old daughter is a very picky eater. We bribe her to eat vegetables and end up negotiating over food at every meal. This doesn’t feel ...
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Difficult Transitions
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
I have two 18-month-old boys and want to know a good way to transition them from one task to another, especially when they don't want to end the initial t ...
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5 Year Old Control Issue
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
My daughter is five-years-old and on the stubborn side. Her room is very tiny, and she needs more play space, particularly for a dollhouse Santa brought. ...
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Life Lessons at 2
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
I am writing to ask if your classes cover how to teach toddlers, more specifically - the parents, the important “rules?” Our 2 ½ year-old son decided to l ...
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Aggressive 2 Year Old
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
I attended your Positive Discipline class. Every time Sean (22 months) goes to hit someone, I say, "Hands down: hitting hurts" while holding his hands dow ...
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Cursing
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Dr. Rene H.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Dear Dr. Hackney,
Earlier this week, my six year old son was playing Legos, and when the tower he wasworking on fell over, he said "Oh F---!" I fairly calmly called him ove ...
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