Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens Who Has Come to Live with Us? Adolescence Brings Big Changes Many parents experience such dramatic changes in their child between the ages of 11 — 14 that they feel like an alien has taken... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens Tips to Stay Connected with Your Teen Adolescence is a time when children and parents begin to spend less time together. It is a time when teens begin to develop their... Continue Reading
Occupational Therapy, Preteens & Teens, School Challenges, Special Challenges Five Questions to Empower You When Considering a Therapist for Your Child Have you ever wondered if your child may benefit from seeing a therapist? Or, has a teacher or family member ever suggested that a... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Temperaments, Toddlers What to Say in Challenging Situations with Children: Sentence Starters for Parents It is everywhere. The advice, the suggestions, the tips for parents, usually with a disclaimer that it is important to trust your gut,... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers Let’s Go to the Beach! Tips to Get Kids Ready for the Water Summertime typically brings hot weather and family vacations. Swimming and playing in water can be a big part of summer plans! However,... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers Summer Is Time to Slow It Down Everyone needs downtime. Children and teens today have such busy, stressful lives that summer becomes not just a welcome break in their... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens 5 Ways for Parents to Help Navigate the Terrible Tweens and Impulsive Teens OMG, who am I? The tween and teen years are a time for seeking answers to this universal, developmentally appropriate and daunting... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Preteens & Teens Teens Do Some Serious Talking at Parents Place By all accounts Micah had a great freshman year—good grades, a nice mix of extracurricular activities and some new friends who shared... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens Seeking Balance in Our—and Our Children’s—Lives For parents, January is the month when we begin planning for activities for our children for the rest of the school year and for summer.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers Moving from Shame to Healing Hitting, biting, spilling, pushing, yelling, and fighting, followed by scolding, correcting, apologizing, teaching, guiding—again and... Continue Reading
