Back To School Series: Big Moves
As children travel through their school years, they go from toddlers, to kids, to tweens, to teens, to adults! It happens quickly, and parents scramble to keep up with the …
Back To School Series: School Supports
Children, parents, and teachers often meet a new school year with optimism. This fresh start is a chance for new beginnings, new friendships, new study habits…and new obstacles. While challenges …
Back to School Series: Setting Up for Success
A new school year is a landscape of opportunity. Much like a New Year’s resolution, parents and children alike make promises for the new school year, such as zero late …
Back To School Series: The Activity Balance
As kids and parents continue to prepare for back to school, the school schedule is not the only thing in mind as the family calendar starts to fill up. Increasingly, …
Back To School Series: How To Ease The Transition
It is hard to believe that though it feels like it just started, summer is starting to come to an end. Schools are planning orientations, creating class schedules, and assigning …
Teach Your Children Well: The Importance of the Parent-Child Relationship
Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang, “Teach your children well…just look at them and sigh, and know they love you.” Wiser words have never been spoken. In the endless grind of …
Teaching Children to Self-Regulate From The Inside Out
Teaching children to regulate their emotions is very important for a variety of reasons. First, research suggests that kids who can self-regulate are less likely to experience anxiety, depression, and …
How Parents Can Make a Long-Distance Move Easier on Their Kids
Moving with kids: what could be more stressful? Many children – from kindergarten age to teens – are very resistant to the idea of uprooting and starting fresh in a …
Fictitious Feeds: How To Help Your Kids Spot Fake News
Most people in this country can agree on the fact that we have a problem with fake news. We just can’t agree on who is doing the faking. Plus, there …
Creative Ways To Keep Your Children Learning This Summer
It’s hard to believe the school year is almost over and summer is approaching so quickly! If you are a parent, and your children attend schools on the traditional schedule, …