Mental Health

We live in a digital world. Laptops. Tablets. Smartphones. Smart TVs. There are so many devices that occupy our kids’ attention. Controlling screen time is an ever-present task for parents,… Read More

Raising a teen who has a hard time feeling empathy, who has a hard time understanding someone else’s emotional experience, or who is prone to extreme emotional outbursts can be… Read More

We can’t say for sure when the outside world will return to normal. So we thought it might be best to focus on the inner world of mental health. Today,… Read More

Some days, it was hard to feel creative and show up fully when my mind was so full, burdened, anxious, and stressed. Read More

There's a fatigue that comes with parenting that's a little hard to describe. Throw a global pandemic into the mix and you’ve got stress on steroids. You know what most families… Read More

This academic year is the marker for most of our kids to return to full time, in-person learning. On top of the normal jitters about the academic year, it’s no… Read More

If you are the parent of an anxious child, you are not alone. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition of childhood and adolescence. Read More

The first step toward warding off loneliness is to recognize the signs and clues that your child may be feeling lonely.   Read More

Parents hate to think that their child might be lonely. And let’s face it, loneliness isn’t healthy for kids or adults.   Read More

I love order, strategy, and a plan. And for the most part, my children haven’t followed that formula. Chaos is sort of the nature of their game. Read More