by Chris Jones | Oct 14, 2024 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges
Do you find yourself constantly repeating directions and expectations? Is it hard to tell whether your child won’t do something, or can’t do something? Are you noticing patterns of the same mistakes being made in your child’s homework? Every child has unique strengths...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2024 | Mental Health, Preschool, Special Challenges, Toddlers
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 with her parents. She actively participated in all the preschool activities, including art, science, reading, writing–even...
by Admin | Sep 25, 2023 | Education, Mental Health, School Challenges, Special Challenges
Is your child’s energetic behavior just a phase, or could it be something more? As parents, we often find ourselves wondering whether our child’s challenges with focus, activity level, or impulsive actions might point to ADHD. The line between typical...
by Chris Jones | Jun 1, 2022 | Raising Girls
Poor body image is epidemic among girls and women in this country: 94% of women report having a negative body image and wanting to change something about their bodies, and 98% think negatively about their bodies at least once a day. How you can ensure that your child...
by Chris Jones | Oct 19, 2020 | Parenting Skills
Recent years have brought a global pandemic, political upheaval, and other tragedies of violence and stress to our communities and the world. With frightening current events filling the constant news loops and real-time images on social media, many families—adults and...
by Chris Jones | Nov 20, 2019 | Parenting Skills, Special Challenges
Imagine you keep falling behind your coworkers, feel confused about what is being asked of you all the time and, no matter how many extra hours of work you put in, your work keeps piling up. While this can be a common struggle for many people at some points in their...
by Chris Jones | May 1, 2017 | Leisure & Vacation, Media Safety, Preteens & Teens
At their best modern devices are helpful tools and can make our lives easier. At their worst, they are remarkably addictive, and research now clearly shows that their use can lead to a host of behavioral, interpersonal, and mood issues for people of all ages. If you...
by Chris Jones | Mar 23, 2017 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Special Challenges
Nearly all children will have fears or worries at some point during childhood—fears of the dark, of heights, of spiders, or monsters. But for up to a third of children and adolescents, their fears become profound and can develop into an anxiety disorder. Most parents...
by Chris Jones | Feb 21, 2017 | Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
Once the excitement of pregnancy with your second baby wears off and reality sets in with the baby’s birth, you may find yourself understandably anxious to help your toddler adjust to their growing family. It’s helpful to remember that no matter how...
by Chris Jones | Feb 16, 2017 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
Helping Kids Adjust during Separation and Divorce Time and again, research suggests that parental conflict is a strong predictor of how children will do following parental separation and divorce. Parents’ ability to cooperatively co-parent without exposing their...
