In the lead up to Thanksgiving I thought I would share some thoughts about pandemic parenting during the holiday season. At the outset I...

As we flip the calendar to November and are faced with shorter days and earlier sunsets, I have been having a lot of conversations with p...

Over the past couple of weeks, several parents have been checking in about whether certain behaviors their children are exhibiting are ty...

Over the past few weeks I have had so many conversations with parents regarding how to talk with children about the upsetting and chaotic...

This week I have been thinking about emotional intelligence, which very simply put means the ability to understand emotions – both one’s ...

This week I heard from several parents about tense, uncomfortable interactions with friends and neighbors regarding different choices fam...

As you soak up the last few weeks of summer, I recommend taking a moment to think about your child’s sleep schedule and the adjustments y...

Some local school systems here in Massachusetts have started to announce their plans for fall and some will be announcing in the week ahe...

During one of my webinars about planning for summer, I recommended that families plan a couple of special, fun activities each week this ...

As some restrictions were lifted this week, I spoke with many families about the tension created when children and adolescents become awa...

Many of the people I spoke with this week were displaying notable signs of weariness.  My observation is that many parents and children a...

This week in my practice I found that both children and adults were thinking quite a bit about the future.  Children and adolescents were...

.  I heard from a friend yesterday that at her weekly Friday work zoom meeting, which has been happening throughout the pandemic, there w...

Over the past couple of weeks I have been hearing from lots of families about children and adolescents having increasingly intense emotio...

In Massachusetts this week, the governor announced that schools will be closed for the rest of the school year.  While many (if not most)...

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had conversations with many people who have mentioned being atypically forgetful or feeling like they ...

This week I have been talking with many people about the outsized impact that the weather seems to have on mood and behavior during this ...

As we enter another week of physical distancing, something that is on my mind is finding the balance between acknowledging the negative f...

This week in Massachusetts we learned that schools will be closed through at least May 4. This news felt overwhelming to many families at...

Everyone, everywhere is experiencing disappointment of one sort or another right now.  How can we talk about these feelings with children...