Do you find your child lashing out? Are you having trouble communicating with your child during moments of extreme frustration or aggression? As I explained in my previous article, while children are growing and still learning how to cope with anger, they tend to instinctively use anger as a ... Read More
May 22, 2018 SHARE 
Understanding Your Child’s Anger
As a parent, you know that sometimes your children seem to get angry out of the blue, without warning or reasonable explanation. To understand how to help children work through anger, it first helps to understand where this emotion comes from and how children process anger differently than ... Read More
May 16, 2018 SHARE
How Playdates Benefit You – Not Just Your Kids
You’re having one of those weeks when you feel like your life is run by a pint-sized dictator. The toddler of the house has consumed your every waking hour, commandeered your schedule, and dominated your thoughts. You know you need a break, but your partner is traveling out of town for work and ... Read More
May 9, 2018 SHARE
Take a Mom’s Time Out
Mother’s Day is a wonderful time when we moms get to feel appreciated by our loved ones. Yet this Mother’s Day, consider giving yourself a gift: the gift of time, or what I like to call, a Mom’s Time Out. Moms need time outs not just on Mother’s Day, but on a regular basis. ... Read More
May 4, 2018 SHARE
How to Foster Your Child’s Unique Talents
No matter how young or how old we are, we all have unique gifts and talents. When 16-year-old Jack Andraka took the stage at a TED talk I attended years ago, I was impressed by this young man’s ability to develop an early detector for pancreatic cancer. I wondered: what sort of encouragement ... Read More
