Well, friends, I just had a baby and started to, once again, experience the daily highs and lows of parenting. It’s a life stage that packs in an incredible amount of emotion — deep love, joy, excitement, exhaustion, anger, fear,…
…and then the kids were home. At first, it was only for two weeks. Oh, the waves of energy that accompanied that first week! Fueled by newness and anxiety, we sourced schedules and made plans. We consulted social media and…
Bullying recently has been a massive part of what schools have focused on in the last few years. Lately, there has been a controversy about what bullying is. Children are friends with other children and are teasing one another. Adults…
I believe that one of the most difficult occupations in this life is parenting. I see many parents in my office who have parenting issues or concerns about their child or adolescent. After inquiring as to what brings them to…
Emotional regulation and parenting takes work. The power of “reflection” is that it is doesn’t demand that we do things perfectly. It simply requires us to spend some time thinking in depth about those challenging, even disastrous, scenarios after they…