Our hearts break and we feel so helpless when we hear stories about how our children are ridiculed, abused, called names, taunted OR engage in risky behavior, such as drug use, risky sexual exploration and/or self mutilation. What can we … Continued
One of the very first questions I ask of the parents that I work with is this: “What is the relationship you want to have with your child?” The top answer that I get is that parents want to feel … Continued
“When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are … Continued
Children clearly let us know about their need to establish their identity as early as they enter the toddler years. This is commonly a difficult time for parents, many of whom refer to this time-period by the well known label: … Continued
At a time when we are so understandably distracted with hurricane relief, terror, and war, I keep having to remind myself to be present with my loved ones at home. With all that is going on now it is actually … Continued
As I am creating the curriculum for a new professional development program I am working on, this quote keeps roaming around in my head: “If you build it, they will come.” And I hear it in my head in a … Continued