Embracing Pronouns
Parenting Tips on Supporting Your Child’s Identity Journey A parent’s greatest responsibility is to provide love, acceptance, and support to a child as they navigate their unique identities. One aspect of identity that has gained increasing recognition and significance in recent years is the use of pronouns. Pronouns such as he, she, they or ze, […]
Alcoholism in the Family:
Therapy Tips on Explaining Alcoholismto a Child Alcoholism is a devastating and destructive disease for any family. When a member of the family is dealing with alcoholism, the entire family suffers. The secrecy and deception surrounding alcoholism often breaks trust, perpetuates destructive behavior and can ultimately tear families apart. At Decade2Connect, our Family Therapy services […]
Medicating My Child:
Therapy Tips on Whether Medication is Right for Your Family While medication is a solution to mental health conditions, it’s not the only solution. The decision to consider psychiatric medication for your child is a complex one that should be made in consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Just as much as it can benefit […]
Sleep Health
Therapy Tips on Supporting Your Child’s Sleep The average human spends a third of their life sleeping. From birth, sleep is a central component to development, a time the body spends developing and growing. And we’ve all experienced the deficit a lack of sleep can bring. Developing consistent habits for getting enough sleep is crucial […]
What is EFFT?
Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and how it can support your family At Decade2Connect, we lead our families towards connection through a form of therapy known as Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). We have seen this approach not only bring healing to the child but the family unit as a whole. So what is EFFT? […]
Parenting Tips: My Child is Wetting the Bed
One challenge that a family can face is when their child struggles with bedwetting. As toddlers, bedwetting is an expected occurrence from time to time – it’s common! In fact, nearly 10% of children under 10 wet the bed. So if your child is having some issues with this, take a deep breath – it […]
“My Kids Won’t Stop Fighting!”
Therapy tips on supporting your children’s sibling relationship When you have siblings, arguing, bickering and fighting is inevitable. We all have memories from our childhood of the moments we pushed our siblings buttons, fought over a toy or held resentment for not being the one able to sit in the front seat. These are seemingly […]
Neurodiversity
Therapy Tips: What it is and How to Support your Neurodivergent Child As values surrounding diversity, equality and inclusion move to the forefront of our cultural conversations, the concept of neurodiversity has gained popularity. Treating everyone who differs from one’s self with respect to their fundamental human equality and including (not just tolerating) their differences […]
Parenting Tips: Pop Culture
Fostering a Healthy Relationship between Pop Culture and Your Child Culture has always had a significant influence over our behavior and mental health. Today, we are awash in technology which can have everyone on a constant stream of information, social media and marketing. It can feel like we are being bombarded with pop culture; what […]
Therapeutic Tips to Support Your Child’s Stress
Children are facing intense pressures in school, extracurricular activities, and from their peers and family. It can feel like our culture encourages parents to sign their kids up for every club, every team and every advanced class, convincing us that this is the only way to success. Unfortunately, these rising pressures often result in rising […]