I have spent countless hours in deep discussion with both parents and professionals questioning why so many kids are being diagnosed these days with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity (ADHD). Is there some causal contributor in our food or environment? Is it due to changes in parenting practices? School environments? The […]
Give the Gift of Laughter This Year
“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” -Mark Twain Every year, at this time of year, tensions mount. The arrival of the gift-giving holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah (“What should I get my mother-in-law?”) accompanied by impending vacations from school (“What will we do with the kids all cooped up in the bad weather?”) collide […]
Practice Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reminder
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was thank you, that would suffice.” -Meister Eckhart When Thanksgiving arrives each year, just as the number of turkeys, stuffing mixes, green beans, and cranberries seem to grow exponentially, so do the conversations about gratitude. It is perhaps why it is one of everyone’s […]
10 Tips to Help My Child Overcome Fears and Phobias
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt We know from the previous blog that a certain amount of […]
Does Your Toddler Tweet? Protecting Young Kids on the Internet
Did you know that more than half of kids aged 6 to 9 now use some kind of children’s social network? Or that 47% talk to their friends on the Internet? And that 14% are on Facebook in spite of the fact that they are underage? To top off these startling revelations of a new study is […]
8 Insights to Keep Love Alive in Intimate Relationships
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” -Ursula K. LeGuin In thirty-five years of counseling couples and families, I have continually been reminded about how little most of us are taught about specific tasks […]
