This week’s Roundup of Mom’s Choice Award winners features apps, books, appliances + more just in time for the Holidays! Read More
4 Ways Your Family Can Practice Gratitude This November
No matter what you decide to do this holiday season, remember to take pauses to think about, verbalize, and act out your thankfulness. Not only are you doing yourself a favor, but you’re teaching your kids tools to be healthier, more well-rounded members of society. Read More
Weekly Roundup: Award-Winning Safety & Breastfeeding Products + More! 6/16 -6/22
This week’s Roundup of Mom’s Choice Award winners features Safety Products, Breastfeeding Products, Games and of course Books! Read More
Weekly Roundup: Parenting books and Products, STEM games + more! 6/9 – 6/15
This week’s Roundup of Mom’s Choice Award winners features Parenting books and products, STEM games and more! Read More
Glennon Doyle Creates Phone Rule for Teens at Her House and It’s Genius
Because of these advances and how widespread technology now is, many parents are finding ways to help control their children’s usage. From special apps, time limits and filters, there are basic approaches as well as some more creative ones. Writer, speaker, and mother Glennon Doyle is one of those creative mothers. Read More
Men Who Grow Up In Healthy Families Have Stronger Relationships Later, Study Says
Unsurprisingly, they found that, regardless of socioeconomic status, the men who were themselves raised in warmer family environments consistently used healthier strategies to deal with negative emotions in the middle of their lives, and also had a more secure attachment to their partners later in life. Read More
What If We Focused on the Things They Do Right?
What if, instead, we focused on the things they do right? What if, we thanked them for what they do well, noticing what they have to offer, thus sending them the message that we believe in their ability to choose wisely. Read More
Sesame Street Initiative is Teaching Kids Coping Tools for Traumatic Experiences
As part of its ongoing community development program, Sesame Street has come out with an online teaching program aptly named “Traumatic Experiences”. The primary goal of this program is to teach children how to give language to their emotions and also to release the tension associated with experiencing or witnessing trauma. Read More
Teaching Your Children About Intuition
Intuition is an important topic that comes up in my therapy practice, one I feel is crucial to discuss with our children. Teaching them what it is, what it means, how it presents itself, how to use it in your own life. Read More
Expert Tips: Good Mental Health for Your Kids
Helping kids temper their emotions by showing them a way through and then out of their heavy feelings, is a crucial part of healthy development. Here are some expert tips from award-winning author, Jill Sylvester. Read More