Category: Behavior
It is when your child is the hardest to love that they need it the most.
We all desire love and acceptance from our family, these are basic human needs. We need to feel worthy and that we belong somewhere. Does your child truly feel they belong to your family? Do they believe that they are loved and cherished even at their worst? Try to look at events from your child’s ...
The Importance of Record Keeping
By keeping records of our children's care, we can help them receive better care along the way.
Do You Struggle with Anxiety but Try and Hide It from Your Kids? Here is why I believe you shouldn’t.
As humans, it is perfectly normal to feel anxious. Some of us may feel it more than others, but we all feel it. I believe we can use our moments of anxiousness to teach our kids that it is not only normal but it can also be useful. It can help us not jump ...
How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Parenting?
Do you find yourself losing your mind over the littlest things? Are there days that you are not the parent you work so hard to be? This may be due to some unresolved issues from childhood. I know I know such a cliché, but is it really? “Hilary Jacobs Hendel, psychotherapist and author of the upcoming ...
Allowing Your Child to Help Influence His Care, Can Make a World of Difference
Are you allowing your child to be a part of his care plan? Studies have shown that treatment is much more effective when the parents and the child are influential in the development of the child’s care. This is especially true when they are in there teens. The more that they feel they have a ...
The Importance of Evidenced Based Therapy for Your Child
It is important to know and understand what type of therapy your child’s clinician is trained in and utilizes. Not all therapies are created equal, so you should try and find a clinician who uses evidenced-based therapies of which there are many. There are people who are in therapy much longer than necessary because the ...
Managing Our Expectations and Behavior
Sometimes as parents we unintentionally expect more from our kids than they are capable of giving. It is important to know what age-appropriate behavior is for them at this stage in life and that they are learning from our interactions with not only them but the cashier at the store or how we speak about ...
Your Relationship with Your Teen still Matters
There is power in a relationship with your teen. Something I began to realize and understand after effectively pushing my teen farther away from me and closer to his friends was that he wouldn’t want to hear anything I have to say if all he hears is that he is doing this or that wrong ...
Don’t Wait Until You Are Drowning to Learn How to Swim:
I know as my teen goes storming out of the house that our fight could have been heard several houses away in our quiet neighborhood. I worry about where he is going, and what he will be doing. It won’t be anything good with him in this state of mind. Do you ever wish you ...
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