Bullying Prevention, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges, Special Challenges Back-to-School Anxiety: What’s Normal and When to Seek Help The first day of school, your daughter has a tummy ache. You take her temperature, but you already know that what’s really ailing... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls 5 Ways to Help Your Child Silence Their Inner Critic “I’ll fail the test!” “Nobody likes me!” It’s not uncommon to hear your child utter self-critical statements like these from... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, Education, Media Safety, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens 13 Reasons Why—My child wants to watch it, how do I decide? The popular Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, has caused controversy among some who think the show glorifies teen suicide. The series... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Thoughts on Raising Compassionate Children I recently read an article put out by the Chopra Center shortly before their Global Meditation Day. I was moved by the article and... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention Challenging Bullying from the Inside Out Bullying is complicated in every way—why a particular child is targeted, how a relationship can shift from friendly to hostile, and the... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Media Safety, Parenting Skills How Do You Quiet the Buzz of Cyberbullying? “He is such a faxxx like i can’t belief his dum stupid shirt. what a xxxx fairy.” Has your child ever received a text like this?... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, School Challenges, Toddlers Bullying in Preschool? The preschool years are foundational for children’s social and emotional development—a time when children’s social... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, Raising Girls You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party! and Other Explorations of Girl* Power Girls explore power through relationships, beginning in the older preschool years. New friendships blossom during this time through... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Preteens & Teens, Raising Girls, School Challenges Little Girls Can Be Mean! Helping Your Daughter Navigate Girl World If you have a daughter, it’s a good bet that at one time or another she has come home in... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention Bullying: What Parents Need to Know Over the last few years, media attention on bullying has dramatically increased, highlighting some of the most severe cases, including... Continue Reading
