Raising emotionally healthy children that will change the world.
Yelling. Stomping. Slamming. Crashing.
Raising a child who experiences intense emotions and doesn’t yet have the coping mechanisms to deal with them appropriately means unpredictability, lots of ups and downs and overall family chaos. [Read more…]
Sometimes it feels as though there are two different parenting mindsets.
One can be likened to looking at your sweet child fast asleep in bed at night, the moon reflecting off their cherub-like cheeks, your heart ready to explode with all the love, gratitude and endless possibility that lie within the honor of growing a human being. [Read more…]
My 9-year-old client sits down on the couch in my therapy office and I can tell already by his slumped shoulders and downward gaze that he is having a rough week.
“How’s your week been bud? Should we start with the highs or the lows?”
“I hate school and I never want to go back again”. [Read more…]
Children are amazing beings, which is easy to admit when we stop to consider all of the traits that naturally unfold within their growth and development.
Some qualities, however, don’t develop as naturally as riding a bike or learning to use a utensil. [Read more…]
It’s the difference between a confident child and an insecure one, a cooperative child and a defiant one, one that agrees to set the table and one that scoffs (ok, most of them scoff either way but what’s important is that they still set the table). [Read more…]
You’re at the park in summer, on one of those great days where you have the chance to rest your tired legs on the park bench and feel the warm sun on your face. You exhale as you hear your child squealing with delight all the way down the slide. [Read more…]
My eyelids are heavy from a late night of decorating heart cookies for my seven-year old’s classroom, only to be followed by an early morning of packing lunches and finishing up homework and signing what seem to be hundreds of school forms (and where are all the dang pens anyway!?). [Read more…]
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As parents, many of us reflect on what we’d like to do in order to move closer to our own personal goals and dreams. We know for a fact that when we are intentional in specifying and planning goals we aim to achieve, there is a higher likelihood that we follow through and have a successful outcome. [Read more…]
There is just something about it. The crisp papers with perfect palettes of pastels to ease my racing mind, straight lines giving order to my scattered thoughts and plenty of open space to give me the hope that maybe today, even for just 5 minutes, I can get my s*#t together. [Read more…]
Inside: Research tells us following these 6 guidelines gives children a healthy foundation for an understanding of their sexuality, intimacy, and relationships.
When it comes to talking about sex with our kids, most parents conjure up some pretty negative internal headlines, “The Sex Talk: Causing Irrational Panic and Avoidance for Parents Everywhere Since the Beginning of Time.” [Read more…]
