Mental Health
How To Respond, Not React, To My Kids

How To Respond, Not React, To My Kids

Parenting is difficult and challenging. There are times when I lose my cool and feel awful afterwards. How do I respond to my child’s feelings without reacting to them? How can I respond not react? Great question! Staying calm seems like the right thing to do, but how...

Help! My Teen Needs Friends

Help! My Teen Needs Friends

Does it seem like your teen is at home…a lot?  They may even be up in that dark cave, called a bedroom, multiple hours a day, only sneaking down to grab some food every so often.  You wonder, shouldn’t they be out with friends?  Is there something...

Do Kids Really Have Summer Anxiety?

Do Kids Really Have Summer Anxiety?

ARE YOUR KIDS ANXIOUS? Most kids are excited for summer, right?  But many more are not excited. They don't know how to tell us and, frankly, they don't know why they are feeling the way they do. One in eight children, in a given year, are affected by an anxiety...