“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 […]
Therapy Tips: Supporting My Child’s Sexuality
Human beings have always had wide diversity in gender identity and sexuality. Today, questioning one’s gender identity and sexuality is becoming more open, more common and more accepted. It’s important for adolescents who may be questioning their identity to feel safe and accepted as they search for answers to their questions. Questions that go unasked, […]
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 […]
Parenting Tips: What Makes a Good Friend?
> “I thought about something I taught my kids when they were in elementary school… I used to ask them to cup their hands and put them in front of me. And I said, ‘In your hand is your flame. It’s your soul. It’s your light. You need to surround yourself with friends who, when […]
Healthy Eating Habits
As a parent, feeding your child is often not simply meeting their physical requirements, it can be an act of nurturance and love. When your child is experiencing distress, whether physical or emotional, doctors and therapists alike will advise you to ensure your child eats healthy. As helpful as this advice may seem, any parent […]
Therapy Tips: Supporting Your Child through Your Divorce
As a parent, one of the hardest parts of getting a divorce is telling your children. It is a decision they may not understand and one that may change their day to day lives. While you want to provide security for your children, divorce changes the foundational family dynamic they’ve come to know. It might […]
Therapy Tips: Balancing Extracurricular Activities
As a parent, signing your children up for as many activities as they can fit in their schedule has become expected in our society. Between their interests, your interests for them, and academic expectations, their time fills up quickly! Nevertheless, being involved in too many activities can lead to anxiety and stress, which is why […]
Parenting Tips: Asking about the School Day.
I’m sure you’ve heard this one one too many times. In your efforts to ask about your child’s day, the most common response is a one word answer; sometimes getting a single word out of them is a win! Yet, as a parent, every moment matters. From the 5 minute school drop off to the […]