Nothing brings out the mama (or papa) bear in parents quite like learning someone has been hurting your child. In an instant, all reason goes out the window and we become determined to do whatever it might take to protect our little cub. That instinct is exactly why most parents who learn their child is […]
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A kid shoved into a locker. Another tripped on the bus. Even the online profile set up specifically to catfish a teen. We all recognize these as examples of overt bullying; unwanted, aggressive behavior meant to take the bullying victim down. It’s behavior just about anyone would recognize as bullying if they saw it. But […]
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How to coach your child to make the right choice. Limits are crucial to life. Acknowledging your child’s feelings helps them feel understood and develops their ability to identify emotions. Setting limits for your child is very important. As you may remember, communicating the limit is ideally done without judgment or anger, in a plain […]
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Communicating Limits- Part 2 of 4 in Our Summer Blog Series Part 1: Acknowledging your Child’s Feelings Part 2 of our summer blog series touches on the importance of boundaries within relationships. Limits are vital for the summer months, as there is more freedom, more fun, and less structure in each day. However, boundaries are […]
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You hear older people often start off conversations with “Back in my day” or “when I was your age”. Well, they do so for two reasons; one being for nostalgic purposes, in that things were simpler back then and it’s fun to reminisce and two; to teach us appreciation because things were inherently more difficult […]
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