Travel Tips for Families
Yay summer vacation! Are you planning a trip with your family somewhere this summer? If so, here are a few tips for making things go a little more smoothly. Remember that when you bring your kids, it's a "trip," not a [...]
Yay summer vacation! Are you planning a trip with your family somewhere this summer? If so, here are a few tips for making things go a little more smoothly. Remember that when you bring your kids, it's a "trip," not a [...]
When mountain biking, you learn not to look too long at the obstacles in your path. It seems counter-intuitive, but it's true. (wait, how is this like children?)
Since I am not a medical doctor, I am not permitted to write prescriptions for medicine. However, I have never let this stop me from writing prescriptions for other things. ;^) There are, after all, lots of non-medicines in the [...]
I heard about this from Carol Jackson, who I think got it from the mama who invented it... fun idea. One way to "make concrete" the skills a child needs to cope with their emotions is to have a basket [...]
When we see SuperMom go sailing by, perfectly put together, with her perfect children behaving perfectly... we sometimes judge ourselves, and come up lacking. But this isn't fair.
I occasionally attend trainings put on by a local professional organization for therapists and social workers who specialize in infant mental health. Their meetings occur on days when I'm home with my infant daughter, and since they are a very baby-friendly group, I [...]
Austin has a small chance of snow later this week. As any good southern city should, things completely shut down around here when white stuff--in any quantity--lands on the ground. Sometimes this is fun and sweet and a bit like [...]
I'm finishing up the final touches on Tuesday's workshop "Your Parenting Toolkit." I am soooo excited about this one--it is packed to the gills with great information--from understanding our strengths and weaknesses in parenting, to how and when to play [...]
Quick thought for the day: schedule an appointment with your kid for this weekend... a playdate for just the two of you. If you have more than one kid, make multiple appointments, so each one is just for you and one [...]
Sure, I would like to control all the messy little loose ends of my life, like: preventing Christmas family drama, or Uncle Jimmy's tendency to argue about politics, etc, but ever since I misplaced my magic wand, I just can't.