With an ongoing worldwide pandemic, online schooling, hormones, and well, LIFE, your teen may be feeling out of sorts. But when is this normal teenage behavior she’ll grow out of, and when is therapy a necessary choice? Check out below these five signs your child needs therapy: Signal #1: She can’t stop her anxiety You […]
7 ways you can help your anxious teen through the Coronavirus
While many teens are jumping for joy at the historic school closures due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), if your teen is already prone to stress, you may see an increase in her anxiety. Your teen may be stressed about not seeing her friends as frequently as before. She may be upset she can’t participate in her […]
9 ways to help your child find happiness
With so much focus on anxiety and depression, what actually makes a teenager happy? You know that loving your child is one of the basic things you can do to keep her mood stable, help maintain positivity, and be successful in life and relationships. But is love enough? Let’s explore 9 different ways that you […]
Your angry teen-a phase or depression?
Annoyed. Irritated. Moody. Resentful. Furious…..depressed? Have you noticed that your teen seems full of angst, but also seems to be “down” too? Seems odd, doesn’t it? While it may seem surprising that these two feelings coexist, it actually is quite common for teens who are feeling “down” “sad” or “depressed” to express it as anger. […]
3 tips to help your student athlete this sports season
If you’ve been blessed with a daughter who is a gifted athlete, you are also undoubtedly familiar with the unique challenges that she experiences. And being the mom of an athlete comes with it’s own set of challenges too. Here’s 3 simple tips to help you navigate the highs and lows your daughter is experiencing this […]
10 ways to get your shutdown teen to open up
It’s painful and frustrating when your shutdown teen won’t open up and communicate with you. You’re desperate to know what’s on your teen’s mind, but all you’re getting is one-word answers and shoulder shrugs. What gives? More common that you’d think (or like) pre-teens and teens tend to shut down when it comes to talking […]
Helping your teen cope with back to school anxiety
One of the most exciting, nerve-wracking, and dreaded times of year is here: the few weeks before your teen goes back to school. Your teen right now is probably experiencing some anxiety about what to expect this coming school year. The anxiety that arises this time of year is not uncommon. Lots of teens struggle […]
9 ways to help your moody child cope with life
Do you have a persistently moody child who struggles to cope with life’s daily stress? Does she always seem on the brink of tears, or ready to fly off the handle, or goes to her room and isolates if her day isn’t going the way she’d like it to? You may have an emotionally overwhelmed […]
7 key ways you can help your child take responsibility
Feel like you are constantly nagging your child to study for her tests, finish her homework, clean up her room, or take out the trash? Is your child lacking in taking responsibility for all that she has to get accomplished? You are not alone. Most moms find themselves from time to time nagging, demanding, begging, […]
When perfection leads to failure: How perfectionism hurts your child
Do you have a child who strives to be the best? Gets down on herself when she doesn’t do as well on the test that she’d like? Stays up all night worrying about the classroom presentation the next day? States that she has to be “the best” and if she isn’t she feels “like a […]
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