3 Ways for Children to Support Children

Big life changes are inevitable, but that doesn’t make them any easier for children (or adults) to manage. As we face changes, we develop the skills of resilience. These strategies will help your c...

How many times has our (well-intentioned) feedback and advice been met with a blank stare? Or worse, a negative and defensive reaction? It’s only natural for children to resist feedback, especiall...

As a new parent, you may have heard about the importance of instilling a growth mindset in your child. If you get it right, a growth mindset can be a powerful thing. A recent study even showed it c...

Is your child self-critical and easily frustrated? Does he feel uncomfortable with new challenges or particularly difficult tasks? If so, your child may be a perfectionist. To many people, this do...

We know that a sense of agency and control is key to happiness. Decades of research at the University of Pennsylvania shows that when people believe they can change their circumstances, they feel m...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, screen time for kids and parents has become much more complicated. Stay-at-home orders required social lives to go online, remote learning has added hours of screen ti...

As parents, our instinct is to rush to the rescue when our children struggle. We want to say, “Don’t worry! I’ll fix it!” In the long-term, however, this “helpful” behavior only hurts our children....

Teens and tweens are reforming boundaries and expectations as they prepare for adulthood, and increasing autonomy helps them thrive. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and families alike...

When I hear, “Mom, I need help!” or “Mom, I can’t do this,” my first instinct is to spring into action and save the day. But before we don our superhero capes to rescue children from struggle, we n...

Many families are making choices for how to move forward with their child’s education. Some schools are offering the options of on-campus, virtual, or a hybrid mix of the two. However, the major wo...

Fear is a common response to new challenges or experiences. These situations make children feel uncertain, vulnerable, powerless, and anxious. They strip away a child’s sense of security and contr...

COVID-19 began as a relatively unknown virus at the beginning of 2020. It has snowballed into a pandemic impacting every part of our lives, especially for families with school-age children.  As sch...