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You want to interact and make connection when your kids get home from school. Your kids do too but you probably have different ideas about how to do that.You’ve missed them, you want to know what they did all day, how they got along, if they had any...

Published: 8/4/2021 3:48:03 PM Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Olympics due to the pressure of being the best is a lesson for all parents. Biles was “struggling with the stress of being the greatest gymnast in history, and outside expectations were just too hard to combat,” NY Times. I doubt your children have that kind of stress, but it’s worth taking an inventory of what pressures they do feel. What expectations are they trying to meet? “This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for ...

Published: 6/1/2021 2:51:45 PM I came across this article, that I titled “There’s a Crack in Everything” written a little over a year ago soon after Covid hit. I focused on the opportunities that the pandemic could potentially provide and how to find the light coming through the cracks of the shutdown. At this point, I know that so many of you are worn thin and mental health issues have soared. I thought it might be good to revisit this and to see if any of these opportunities were taken ...

Published: 4/8/2021 11:29:15 AM This year has brought us all to our personal edges. I’m guessing you are exhausted and done with it. You want your kids back in school with a schedule you can count on, and you want your life back to normal. You’re also probably juggling guilt about not being a good enough parent during these times and fear that your children are glued to screens and falling behind in school. With spring in the air and vaccines on the rise, life as we once knew it is calling,...

Published: 3/5/2021 3:38:30 PM Do you yell more often than you like? Does yelling fall short of getting the result you want? Do you find yourself yelling when you don’t realize you’re doing it? Do your kids say you yell all the time? Is yelling easier than staying calm? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you may be addicted. We can get addicted to patterns of behavior, especially when we experienced those patterns growing up. And what’s scary is that, like addictions, we often d...