Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Parenting New Year’s Resolutions: Connecting with your Family The beginning of the New Year is a good time to reflect upon your goals and desires for yourself as a parent and for your family as a... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Temperaments Acts of Kindness for Kids: Teaching Children to be Kind “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” -Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) We all want our children to... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips How to Avoid the Added Stress of the Holidays this Year This year’s holiday season will likely be different than in years past. Yet, with a bit of reflection, planning, creative... Continue Reading
Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Promoting Your Child’s Emotional Resiliency and Social Skills Today’s youth are experiencing higher stress levels and increased isolation brought on by the COVID crisis, including challenges with... Continue Reading
COVID-19, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Simplify Your Holiday Season and Avoid Family Pitfalls The holidays are upon us, and while that can mean fun and relaxation for many families, it can also be a source of stress, anxiety, and... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Celebrating the Seasons Helps Promote Family Bonding The changing seasons provide us with special opportunities to create lifelong family memories while allowing us to slow down and honor... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills Supporting Our Children in Difficult Times Recent years have brought a global pandemic, political upheaval, and other tragedies of violence and stress to our communities and the... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preschool, Toddlers Kids and Conflict: Social Skills That Build Healthy Friendships During these challenging and uncertain times, children are socializing in very small groups, if at all. Although a small “social pod” is... Continue Reading
Parenting and Race, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Raising Our Children through the Lens of Empathy, Diversity, and Respect In response to the events following George Floyd’s death, my son’s first grade Montessori teacher hosted a family Zoom lesson on... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Three Ways for Parents to Respond to “I’m Bored” Does it drive you crazy when your kids say, “I’m bored”? It may be helpful to examine three possible ways to respond to their cries of... Continue Reading
