Teasing
Is your school-aged child being teased? Kids can really be mean to each other, and when our kids hurt, we hurt, too. The older they get, the harder it is to fix things for them. The good news is that [...]
Is your school-aged child being teased? Kids can really be mean to each other, and when our kids hurt, we hurt, too. The older they get, the harder it is to fix things for them. The good news is that [...]
The February 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics has an article in it that I found to be practically earth-shaking. The journal's editors and the article's author, Alison Schonwald, MD, FAAP, review a very recent [...]
Parenting is really hard work. Some days are harder than others, and everybody loses their temper sometimes. The parents I work with acknowledge this truth, but also want to grow and change. They want to lose their tempers less frequently, [...]
In their book Unplug the Christmas Machine, authors Jo Robinson and Jean Staeheli say that kids (deep-down... sometimes way deep-down) want the following 4 things for Christmas, and I definitely agree. A relaxed and loving time with their family. [...]
...and the gift list and the card list, the menu, the social calendar, the travel itinerary... Do you feel stressed during the holidays? Well, no wonder. Our jobs, our lives, our families still require our full participation in November and [...]