Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens Nine Ways to Connect with Your Teen As the author of a book on slow parenting, I’m often asked by parents if it’s too late to connect or re-connect with their... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens How to Teach Your Child Financial Literacy By Susan Sachs Lipman April is Financial Literacy Month and there’s no time like the present to give your kids some lessons that... Continue Reading
Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Toddlers Girl Power! 5 Tips for Raising an Assertive Girl By Alyse Clayman, LCSW, Clinical and Site Director, Parents Place, Marin “Be kind! Quiet Down! Be polite! Don’t be so sassy! Stop... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens 5 New Ways to Reconnect After School How many times have you asked your child, “How was your day?”, only to get the response, “fine”? If your number is too many to count,... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers 5 Proven Ways to Help Your Child Manage Frustration Life is full of challenging feelings, and kids don’t come pre-programmed with frustration management skills! Fortunately, with a... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Technology Creating Family Technology Conversations That Work It’s not always easy talking about technology, screen-time, and media choices with our children and teens. Read on for suggestions... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Weathering the Storms of Adolescence: To Hold on or Let Go? During the storms of adolescence it’s a tricky balance for parents to know when to offer support and when to let go. We all want... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers From Helplessness to Action: Empowering our Children to Create a Better World Mr. Rogers’ phrase “Look for the helpers” has been especially resonant lately, as we have watched youth mobilizing around the... 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
Media Safety, News, Preteens & Teens Can you please talk, not text? Parenting the Instagram generation The Christian Science Monitor by Michael B. Farrell and Jessica Mendoza Can kids be encouraged to let go of the virtual world —... Continue Reading
