Parenting Skills Awareness and Attention: The Art of Observing Children When you are with your children, you are continuously observing them. Maybe you’re delightedly watching their play, maybe... Continue Reading
Special Challenges Speaking Openly about Selective Mutism A few years ago, I was asked to observe a child who never spoke to her preschool teachers, although she had no trouble talking at home... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year Nobody Told Me that Breastfeeding Would Be Hard! As a nurse practitioner and lactation consultant for many years, I have heard many new mothers talk about how difficult it is to... Continue Reading
Education, School Challenges, Toddlers Preparing Your Sons and Daughters for Kindergarten True or false: The most important thing you can do to prepare your child for kindergarten is to focus on academics. False. Contrary to... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Don’t “Just Say No” “No” is a powerful and useful word that can help keep you and your children safe, comfortable, healthy, and responsible. But it’s... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills Parents, Give Yourselves a Break You’re tired, cranky, and short-tempered. You feel that you have no life outside of your spouse, kid, and job. Does this make you... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Occupational Therapy, Special Challenges Going to the Movies with Your Sensory-Defensive Child As I was trying to come up with a topic to share on this particular blog, I thought about a challenge one of my young clients recently... Continue Reading
Raising Boys, Raising Girls My Son the Artist, My Daughter the Construction Worker: Helping Our Children Find Their Niche “My son writes poetry after dinner. On the weekends, he goes to the opera and symphony. His favorite class is art. When I was his age, I... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Temperaments Is That Me Yelling? Parents, you are not alone! If you find yourself yelling at your kids most days, it’s time to understand more about why you yell... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention Challenging Bullying from the Inside Out Bullying is complicated in every way—why a particular child is targeted, how a relationship can shift from friendly to hostile, and the... Continue Reading
