If your child seems depressed, it's time to take action. But you might find the idea of counseling uncomfortable or even scary. Check here for some ideas about
Child Counseling - Putting your child into counseling is never easy, especially when you're not sure if the benefits of child therapy outweigh the stigma.
Motherhood is the hardest thing we will ever do. It’s hard to know all the answers when we’re still trying to figure out the questions. And if you’ve been a mom for more than a week, you know it’s hard to find a healthy balance between too much attention and not enough. How does a mom know whether she has an attention-starved child or a child-centered home? It’s such an easy place to end up for the mom who is busy, too structured…
One relationship therapist and teacher's experiences with clients inspired her to create a system to address the similarities between children that are confronted with these circumstances
32 My kids will inherently become a mirror image of myself, whether I like it or not. My Kids look for ME for guidance and will model MY behavior automatically. The way I express myself verbally and my actions as an adult is sending a direct message to my kids on HOW they should act/react …
Why it is hard for your highly sensitive child (HSC) to jump into new situations and make friends. Strategies to help them develop friendships.
A common issue that children who have come from past trauma struggle with, are food insecurities. It can be frustrating, and sometimes, exhausting for parents who are ill-equipped. The big question is, how do you successfully parent a child who struggles with this?
We’ve begun many of these posts with stories. We’re not going to do that with this post. When a child takes his or her life, we don’t need to make the post personal. The loss of a child to suicide is necessarily tragic, and deeply disturbing. Fortunately, it is also potentially preventable. We’ll focus in …
I have a teenager with severe mental issues who disrupts my household and makes my life hell. She’s always been difficult since an infant. I was young...
For a defiant child, or any with child behavior problems, it's difficult not to be disappointed. Acknowledge the grief with tools from Empowering Parents.