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 …
Nothing changes a happy parenting scene as quickly as a child in the throes of a meltdown. Often the trigger for that public display of emotion? When the child hears …
Parenting is hard, bringing risks and rewards, struggles and highlights. This is no different for a parent who has a child with a disability. Yet parents of special needs children …
Increasing research supports the benefits of gratitude and a healthy practice of focusing attention on appreciations and gratefulness. While this sounds great in theory, it can be hard to introduce …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Being a parent is hard. There are days when you want to lock yourself in your room and forget about all of your responsibilities for awhile. Yet, for most of …
Have you ever looked at your child as she was slamming her bedroom door, and felt a tinge of familiarity? Not familiarity in the sense that you are family, but …
Statistics say that about 20%, or 1 in every 8 children in the United States will suffer from an anxiety disorder at some point in their youth. Yet, even with …
