Emotional and Educational Resources for All Ages
Reading with children has been shown to have many benefits including expanding vocabulary, increasing attention, improving logic and reasoning, and can also help strengthen relationships and foster communication between caregiver and children. Spending just...
Parents often complain that their tweens and teens don’t talk to them. Often, parents also struggle to get their kids to spend quality time together. With summer around the corner, family trips might include...
Parents often tell us that they would like to talk with their children/teens more about their daily lives but find it hard. When they ask questions about their school day, they often get 1-3-word...
Christmas is here and many children are eagerly awaiting Santa Claus’ visit. Did you know that there are various sites in which children can track Santa’s progress and location on Christmas? Here are a...
In April, we posted about days that National Parks offer free admission. Then in May, we shared ways that you can get active, in honor of Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Camping is a...
Some children and their parents talk frequently and effortlessly. However, this is not true for all families. At times, we make or hear comments that suggest there is something wrong with us as parents,...
“Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much,but because we’re taking on too little of what really strengthens us” -Marcus Buckingham According to the APA’s 2015 Stress...
Trick-or-treating is a fun Halloween tradition for many children. However, for children with food allergies and their parents it can be challenging. The CDC reports that 4.2 million children in the U.S. have a...
I first came across this book at a library on a quest to find healing books that families can use for free. While there may be some exceptions, I mostly use this book with...
Two years ago we posted about our venture into a territory unknown to us – mental health insurance; or as the insurance companies say, “behavior health.” In our experiences in working with insurance, we...
