Teaching Teens Mindfulness
May 26, 2020Although schools do their best to provide children and adolescents with coping skills, sometimes the important skill of mindfulness cannot fit in the digital, test-centered school curriculums.
Calm the Crisis: Helping Families Navigate Difficult Circumstances
January 31, 2020Sometimes when you can’t find what you’re looking for, you have to create it yourself. That’s why Sarah Schwartz, a special education teacher and busy mom of three, decided to start Calm the Crisis, a program designed to help kids and their parents.
Coaching the Coach
September 30, 2019Parents intervening in children’s team sports I officially became a “soccer mom” last year when my eight-year-old daughter joined her local soccer team. On a traveling soccer team, you witness many games besides your own and a variety of teams, and I’ve been shocked to witness parents shouting aggressively at coaches…and even other children. In
Strategies for Communicating with Teenagers
August 31, 2019Accepting that your 15-year-old is no longer five
We Survived The First Year Of Jr/Sr High School…and you will too
July 31, 2019Last year as my twins finished sixth grade, my anxiety bubbled to the surface. All summer long, I worried about their impending transition to the junior/senior high school for seventh through twelfth graders. As August approached, my fears grew more intense as I thought of all the unanswered “what if” questions that rattled through my
