COVID-19, Mental Health, Parenting Skills Covid Disrupted Family Life. How Should We Move Forward? In her book, The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now, author and reporter Anya Kamenetz followed the... Continue Reading
Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Is Your Child’s Anxiety Normal? The Difference Between Normal & Problematic Anxiety By Dr. Sarita Patel, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at The Center for Children and Youth It’s no secret that childhood anxiety has... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Toddlers Anxiety and the Holidays—Helping your Child Succeed 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... Continue Reading
Education, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges Parent Self-Care Tips for a Smoother Back-to-School Transition Growing up, my favorite time of year was Back to School! It meant a new haircut, new clothes, new shoes, a new backpack, notebooks with... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips A Great School Year Starts During the Summer Whether you’ve been counting down the days until school starts or you never want summer to end, the reality is, that first day comes no... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Activities to Help You Make the Most of Summer July can be a bittersweet month. All of a sudden, the start of a new school year doesn’t feel that far away. That can be a relief—school... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips You May Not Need to Talk to Your Child about Tragic Events. If You Do, Here’s How. Whether or not you choose to discuss tragic events like the shooting in Uvalde, Texas may have much to do with your family’s culture.... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips The Whole-Brain Child: A Guidebook for Joyful Parenting We’ve all heard the cliché that kids don’t come with instructions, which, while true, is a phrase that I think is often misunderstood.... Continue Reading
Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Processing Your Child’s Eco-Anxiety: How to Recognize Their Fears and Take Meaningful Action Many of us are grappling daily with the threat of climate change as its effects become increasingly visible. We are experiencing longer... Continue Reading
