Teasing
Is your school-aged child being teased? Kids can really be mean to each other, and when our kids hurt, we hurt, too. The older they get, the harder it is to fix things for them. The good news is that there are concrete, positive steps you can take to help your child handle teasing. Respond to this problem on two [...]
Kids, Food Additives, and ADD/ADHD
The February 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics has an article in it that I found to be practically earth-shaking. The journal's editors and the article's author, Alison Schonwald, MD, FAAP, review a very recent British study that looked for possible links between hyperactivity and food preservatives and/or artificial colorings. And the short answer is-they [...]
Keeping the Calm
Parenting is really hard work. Some days are harder than others, and everybody loses their temper sometimes. The parents I work with acknowledge this truth, but also want to grow and change. They want to lose their tempers less frequently, and when they do succumb-they want the overall experience to be yet further muted. So how to stay calm is [...]
What Kids Really Want for Christmas
In their book Unplug the Christmas Machine, authors Jo Robinson and Jean Staeheli say that kids (deep-down... sometimes way deep-down) want the following 4 things for Christmas, and I definitely agree. A relaxed and loving time with their family. Realistic expectations about gifts An evenly paced holiday season Reliable family traditions What a list, huh!?! Surely this is a [...]
Trim the tree…
...and the gift list and the card list, the menu, the social calendar, the travel itinerary... Do you feel stressed during the holidays? Well, no wonder. Our jobs, our lives, our families still require our full participation in November and December. And yet, we generally find a way to add in an amount of work equivalent to a part-time job [...]
