Parenting Tips Are You a “Good Enough” Parent? What makes the job of being a parent so exhausting for so many of us? We love our children deeply, we cherish the connection and moments... Continue Reading
Israel, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 5 Ways You Can Help Your Kids Feel Safe in an Unsafe World Fires, car accidents, plane crashes, earthquakes. Shootings in schools, movie theaters, and airports. War and terrorism … the list of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips From Greed to Gratitude: The 6 Things You Can Do to Raise Kids Who Feel Empowered But Not Entitled During the holidays and throughout the year, kids seem to have an insatiable appetite for stuff—the must-have toys, the most on-trend... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers “Mine, Mine, Mine!” 7 Ways to Encourage Sharing “We have to share!” If you’ve uttered this phrase recently, you probably have a toddler. And you’ve probably been met with... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Tokens, Points, and Stickers, Oh My! Top 3 Pitfalls of Behavior Goal-Setting As the new school year approaches, many parents are dusting off their child’s sticker charts and behavior systems in hopes of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges Preparing for a Successful School Year Heading back to school can be an exciting time for some kids and daunting for others. Some love the anticipation and can’t wait to... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges 5 Reasons Summer is Tough on Parents (and what to do about it) As a kid, summer meant freedom and spontaneity. It conjured memories of the ice cream truck, mid-week sleepovers, kickball games lasting... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips What Happened to Summertime? 7 Tips to Make It Great Happy summer! It’s already the 4th of July and the weather is to die for in the San Francisco Bay Area! Mid 70’s — low... Continue Reading
Parenting Tips, Sleep 6 Habits that Help Your Kids Get a Better Night’s Sleep Sleep is vital for children’s bodies and brains. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the younger we are, the more sleep we... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips “This one has a motor!” — Raising Active Kids When my daughter was four years old, we visited a friend with a large cat. The cat was heavy, but my daughter struggled mightily to pick... Continue Reading
