“Do you find yourself getting stuck in “task” mode as you parent your kids? It’s so easy for the daily grind of parenting to become totally focused on getting your kids to do stuff—making their bed, getting dressed, remembering all their school gear, doing their...
As parents we are well aware that it is completely normal for children to test limits and boundaries, this is part of growing up and becoming independent in thought and action and aides in teaching them about making good choices. Children need to flex their...
Family life has changed for all of us. The need to stay at home and limit contact with others is important right now, but it can be lonely and isolating. Having schools closed or only partially open leaves us juggling work and caring for children, perhaps loss of...
As a thoughtful follow up to our last blog about alternatives to screen time, this guest blog by Psychology Today explores the reasons why screen time can be detrimental to our children. Read the full blog here.
Parents are in a quandary and a panic and many are wandering around clueless in a maze of guilt and overwhelm, puzzling over how they are going to make it to bedtime and survive the weekend without a TV, cell phone, tablet or iPad! Children need to PLAY as MUCH as...
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