Supporting your Child Through Loneliness
As a parent, it’s heart wrenching to see your child feeling lonely. As they enter into adolescent-age, it’s common for friend groups to shift due to a myriad of reasons. And unfortunately, this typically results in many children feeling left behind, disconnected from their friends and believing that they’re alone. Loneliness has detrimental effects on […]
Connecting Through Quality Time
A Parent’s Guide for Prioritizing Family Time In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in the demands of life. Between after school activities, school, work and social obligations, parents and children alike are constantly running around. Amidst the hustle and bustle, it’s crucial to prioritize spending quality time with your family. Meaningful […]
The Importance of the Outdoors
Why Every Parent ShouldPrioritize Outdoor Play Take a minute to think about your favorite memories as a child spent outdoors. Were you shooting a basketball outside? Exploring in the woods behind your house? Making up a game of house with your siblings? As adults, many of the memories we reminisce on in our childhood happened […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Parent’s Guide for Supporting your Child’s Diagnosis Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses are becoming more common. What was once a largely misunderstood disability is quickly evolving into a more common and understood diagnosis in our society. As a parent, however, news of an ASD Diagnosis can be a lot to process. So what is […]
All About Name Changes
Parenting Tips for Supporting your Child’s Identity Journey In today’s society, a fluid identity is becoming more understood and accepted. Especially in the adolescent stages of development, children are beginning to explore who they are outside of what they’ve always been told. And with this discovery often follows a desire to change their name. While […]
My Child Won’t Listen!
Therapy Tips to Help Parents Be Heard Your child just won’t listen to you. You’re repeating yourself multiple times over as everything you say is going in one ear and out the other. You’re at a loss for next steps. We get it – it’s frustrating! Don’t worry, Decade2Connect is here to help. If you’re […]
My Child’s Started Swearing!
Therapy Tips on a Parent’s Response Children are exposed to far more things in their lives than what we have control over, including swear words. And as social norms around swearing are shifting and it can be confusing for children to understand what may be acceptable in different situations. It’s not uncommon for children to […]
My Child Has Depression
Therapy Tips for Providing Support for your Child Depression can affect people of all ages, including children and adolescents. As a parent, it can be heartbreaking to see your child struggling with this mental health condition. However, with your love, understanding and support, you can play a crucial role in helping them navigate through their […]
Talking about Natural Disasters
Parenting Tips on Supporting your Child in this Discussion Natural disasters can be overwhelming and disruptive for people of all ages, but they can be particularly distressing for children. As a parent or guardian, it is essential to have open and honest conversations with your child about these events to help them understand, process, and […]
Cyberbullying:
Parenting Tips for Protecting your Child in the Age of Online In today’s digital age, children are increasingly exposed to the online world, which unfortunately includes the risk of cyberbullying. With constant access to each other’s online lives through social media and the safety of being able to speak behind a screen, bullying is an […]