External vs Internal Motivation
Parents and teachers often want to know how to increase motivation in students. While we know how important motivation can be with initiation of tasks, maintaining focus and follow through, …
What Is Self-Compassion? How Can It Help?
The idea of self-compassion is one that may generate an eye-roll. Coming from a culture that prides itself on bootstraps, resilience, and strength, the term “self-compassion” may feel too soft …
Parents Just Don’t Understand: The Teenage Years
To say that the teenage years of raising children can be challenging would be an understatement. Even with all of the technology available to make communication easier, you may be …
All About Parenting Styles
While the relationship within families, and between parent and child are unique and special to each relationship, researchers have been able to determine distinct and separate parenting styles that have …
What Happens When Kids With Autism Grow Up?
When Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is discussed, a major emphasis on childhood and early intervention is usually a part of this conversation. This is great news, as there is endless …
Strategies That Help Kids With ADHD
According to the latest statistics (from 2016) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that 9.4% of children have received a diagnosis of ADHD. The …
Six Things You Need To Hear If You Are Parenting A Child With Special Needs
Parenting is hard. Parenting a child with special needs is super-hard; so hard that it catapults your parenting karma into superhero status. We know that there is nothing that we …
How To Help Kids Deal With Bullying
Bullying continues to be a major factor in schools and child environments. While policy makers, schools, and parents have increased efforts to prevent bullying and respond quickly, the increase in …
When Should Parents Get Involved With School?
0Being a parent is a constant tight rope balance between support and enabling. The goal is to eventually launch children into the world as productive and independent as they possibly …
Raising Girls
In our last post, we discussed the differences that male identified children have as compared to female identified children. We reviewed some of the structural brain changes, as well as …