If your child is sensitive to the emotions of others, worrisome and easily overwhelmed by changes or new people and environments, you may have a highly sensitive child. Parenting can be demanding, and parenting a highly sensitive child can present additional challenges. However, with a few simple strategies, you can better manage everyday problems and […]
4 Ways Play Therapy Can Improve Your Child’s Life
Children have great imaginations, and they use it in every aspect of their lives. Play is a huge part of children’s lives and they create imaginary scenarios with their toys all the time. If something is going on in a child’s life, one of the best ways to discover their true emotions is by watching […]
How to Help Your Child Balance School and Extracurricular Activities
There was a time when young kids went to school, came home and did a little homework, then went outside to play with their friends. Their schedules were open and easy for them to handle. Nowadays, more and more young kids are involved in so many activities they don’t seem to have time to play […]
Don’t Get Mad, Get Involved: Helping Your Child with Class Behavioral Issues
No parent likes hearing that their child is acting out in class. At first, most of us want to blame ourselves and figure out what we’ve done wrong. When we come up empty, we tend to put the blame on our child, and sometimes we even get angry. The truth is, parents do the best […]
Mindful Moments Help Reduce Anxiety
1. Take a technology break each day when your children are at home. Social media and cell phones do not invite a quiet mind. Turn off all the devices (yours and theirs) for thirty minutes and spend some time together puzzling, coloring, playing non-competitive games, singing, telling jokes or planting a garden. There are many […]
Mindful Parenting and Self-Compassion
In the practice of self-compassion we treat ourselves with the same care and kindness we would show a treasured friend. Dr. Kristin Neff, trainer and researcher on self-compassion, encourages parents to differentiate between self-esteem and self compassion. Self-esteem, she suggests, is based on performance – judging yourself as a “good parent” or a “bad parent”. […]
Cultivating Mindfulness from “Inside Out”
If you took your kids to see the recent movie “Inside Out”, you were introduced to the core emotions, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger. In the movie, the character Joy, trying hard to protect Riley from experiencing distressing emotions, becomes bossy, and judgemental while engaging in heroic attempts to prevent Riley from just experiencing […]