What Does Summer Screen-Time Balance Mean in 2021?
On the eve of another pandemic summer, families need a tech strategy that emphasizes quality and minimizes guilt, shame, and blame.
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How School Closures Have Affected Children’s Sleep
How your child has slept during school closures may help determine if they are getting enough sleep when schools reopen.
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What Is the Stress Level of Our Emerging Adults?
Taking a mental health pulse on our teens and emerging adults will help determine if they’re really “okay” or are struggling with their challenges.
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COVID and the Urgency of Parenting With Emotional Intelligence
If your children have been negatively impacted by COVID-19, there’s an urgency now more than ever to parent with emotional intelligence. Here are 16 tips to help you.
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How to Support Teens’ Mental Health During COVID and Beyond
It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we knew it. Many families across the country have been living in “survival mode.” Tweens and teens continue to experience a range of emotions, including sadness, […]
How Staying Physically Fit May Help Kids’ Executive Functions
New research suggests that staying physically fit may improve kids’ academic performance by boosting cognitive flexibility, which indirectly benefits overall executive functions.
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Why Self-Compassion Is So Important for New Mothers
Being hard on yourself after having a baby is common. The impacts of this mindset don’t only affect the person struggling. Self-compassion can be a revolutionary approach.
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Six Tips to Avoid Being Overwhelmed by the News
It can often feel difficult to escape a bad news story. The news plays a prominent role in our lives, something that has been emphasized even further during the past year. The pandemic has brought with it daily news briefings […]
Waiting for College Letters: How to Help Your Teen Cope
Four helpful reminders to help parents support their teen through the anxiety-producing college admissions process—and themselves.
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Dealing with Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We need to make our anxiety about the situation work in a positive manner for us, without allowing ourselves to crumble under the pressure.
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