by Admin | Oct 1, 2025 | Leisure & Vacation, Occupational Therapy, Special Challenges
October is full of excitement—cooler weather, falling leaves, pumpkins on every doorstep, and of course, Halloween. For many kids, Halloween is all about costumes, parties, and trick-or-treating. But for children with sensory processing challenges, this holiday can...
by Admin | Aug 17, 2025 | Bullying Prevention, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges, Special Challenges
The first day of school, your daughter has a tummy ache. You take her temperature, but you already know that what’s really ailing her is another common childhood ailment: school phobia. Many children experience extreme anxiety when they enter new situations—new...
by Admin | Jul 7, 2025 | Parenting Skills
Coming to terms with a separation or divorce and making an adjustment over the long run are processes. Just when you think you have it figured out, there is another hiccup or something more monumental, like the other parent taking you back to court over a myriad of...
by Admin | Nov 3, 2024 | Holidays, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills
Thanksgiving presents families with wonderful opportunities to express gratitude. The traditional Thanksgiving meal offers a pause from the everyday and a rare chance to gather with the express purpose of giving thanks. But what happens when Thanksgiving is over? In...
by Admin | Oct 29, 2024 | Anxiety, Leisure & Vacation, Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Toddlers
With the holidays right around the corner many of us are beginning to think about our plans and how we will celebrate. When factoring in how to help an anxious child during this time the arrangements can become even more complicated and at times daunting. Short of...
by Admin | Jun 24, 2024 | Preteens & Teens
It seems to happen overnight. You go to sleep and wake up as usual… only to find the sweet, cuddly, innocent child you knew the night before has become a TWEEN. While an exaggeration, many parents feel blindsided by the changes in their child during the tween years....
by Admin | May 28, 2024 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
You’ve seen him. He eagerly attends his kids’ games—and, unfortunately, yours’ as well—and suddenly fashions himself the Vince Lombardi of the grandstands. One minute in, he shakes his head and makes disapproving comments he pretends to keep under...
by Admin | May 11, 2024 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
“To learn a thing in life through doing is much more developing, cultivating, and strengthening than to learn it merely through the verbal communication of ideas.” — Friedrich Froebel, 1895 As an early childhood education specialist, I often talk with both parents and...
by Admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Discipline & Behavior, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Toddlers
The many benefits of time outdoors for people of all ages are well documented. Numerous studies show that time in nature impacts every area of child development—physical, psychological, intellectual, social, and emotional. Of course, those who spend even a little time...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2024 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
The sink is plugged, the car has a flat tire, and Melinda needs help with a school project due tomorrow. On top of that, the kids haven’t stopped fighting and your headache is getting worse. Sound familiar? Sibling conflict is one of the dynamics parents wish we...
