Helping Children Cope with Death

While we all process loss differently, the death of a loved one can be especially hard on young children...

How to Support Our Children During This Not-Quite-Normal School Year

Our children are back in school, and everything's great, right? Yes and no...

If You Want Your Kid to Get Straight A’s, Play Soccer

The benefits of soccer are tremendous. Beyond the game's fun, soccer teaches sportsmanship and teamwork, strengthens muscles, improves...

Is It Appropriate to Kiss Your Kids on the Cheeks or Lips?

Affection is affection, and it should occur naturally, spontaneously, and wonderfully back and forth between parents and their children...

Is It Okay to Spank Your Child?

Fear-based parenting as a practice is wholly unacceptable...

Knowing When Technology Has Become a Problem for Your Child

Technology is ubiquitous — wherever we are or go these days, it seems that some sort of screen is right there with us...

Making Positive Change Happen in 2021

You're invited to think about one thing that you would like to change about yourself and one thing that you plan to do to replace that behavior in the coming year...

Managing Your Child’s Back-to-School Anxiety

While back-to-school anxiety is not uncommon, students experiencing anxiety is at an all-time high...

My Kids Are Hypochondriacs — Is This Normal?

The tears, Band-Aids, and attention they are turning to you for, all serve to heal the moment — both emotionally and physically...

Navigating the Path to Independence in Young Adults

The phenomenon of young adults struggling to transition into the next stage of life has become increasingly common in recent years, and this “failure to launch” or “failure to thrive” can have profound consequences...