Over the past few days as I have been contemplating what to write in an end-of-year message, I have been struck by the strange...
In early November I started drafting a message about planning for the holiday season. At that time, many families in my practice were...
Over the past couple of weeks I have talked with several parents about how to respond when a child is really stuck – digging in their...
Over the past couple of weeks I have had conversations with several teachers in which they have described a phenomenon of students...
Today I want to share a strategy for problem solving during tricky parenting situations. Over the past few weeks, I have spoken with...
I have had a lot of conversations with parents this week about emotional regulation. For many children, nervousness and uncertainty...
At the beginning of the school year, I often speak with families in my practice about the benefits of using an analog visual calendar. ...
For many families, summer has provided a respite from some of the stressors of the past 18 months. However, over the last couple of...
Today I'm sharing a quick message geared towards the start of summer, then I'll be taking a hiatus from posting until late summer. Over...
Over the past week most of the children that I work with have been counting down the days to the last day of school. Many children and...
Last week I had so many sweet and funny conversations with children about how they were celebrating Mother’s Day. Lots of children were...
This month, in collaboration with the Center for Parents and Teachers, I led a webinar for teenagers. I spoke for about 40 minutes and...
This week I have been thinking about times when it is helpful for parents to use fewer words. If you have been reading these posts for a...
The beautiful, cold, sunny spring weather is presenting a stark contrast to the incredibly upsetting news of increased xenophobia and...
This week as we flipped the calendar to March, many people I spoke with expressed a deep sense of exhaustion and disbelief that we have...
Over the past few weeks several families I work with have wanted to talk about explosive moments when a child says something extreme such...
Last week, the Belmont, MA Youth Commission invited me to present a webinar for middle school and high school students titled Coping with...
As the pandemic drags on, I know that many parents are understandably feeling weighted down by pandemic fatigue. For some families, this...
I’m writing with a heavy heart to share some thoughts regarding how to talk with children about the incredibly disturbing events that...
With New Year’s Eve approaching, so much is being written about what a difficult year this has been and how the vast majority of people...