“Honey, how was your day?” Do you get frustrated by one word answers or a short recitation with no stories? No clues about how your child is doing? Years ago, my husband and I…
Category: Resilience
It’s back to school time! We focus this time of year on kids, what they are doing, how they are doing, what they need to be doing. But what about us parents? We also experience…
Whatever you think of marriage, whatever experience you’ve had, will inform what your kids look for, and what they choose. Are you ready? I wasn’t! Laura O’Rourke of Mommy-Miracles.com is doing an amazing series…
So many people here wanted to know if – and how! – to talk to kids about Robin Williams suicide. This guide is a good litmus test to help you decide if that is…
Do you fear peer pressure? I did, until I started to work with large groups of kids. And then? I saw a kindergarten teacher get a whole room quiet by saying “I like how…
Should we teach kids to be afraid strangers? As a parent, I feel torn. Torn between keeping my kids very safe and teaching them to meet new people. Torn between teaching them caution and…
I believe in breastfeeding, for many women. I encourage my patients (and their parents) to do whatever they can to get babies some breastmilk. But lets be real here… Breastfeeding? Is hard. It’s awkward,…
Kids can, and should, do good. Kids love to make the world a better place! Think they won’t get into it? Think it will be a battle? Here are tips and solutions so that…
Summer. It means swimming, bike riding, walking for ice cream, and wandering the neighborhood to look for other kids playing outside. It’s meant all those things since my boys were tiny. This year, however,…
My biggest challenge right now that I am dealing with as a parent is the intense fighting and competition between my 6 and 9 year old boys. They bicker, compete for our attention and…
