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 […]

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, […]

It’s less than three months before the end of the school year and your child is about to graduate to middle school. While this should be a happy time, you’re reflecting on your child’s past school year and you’re more concerned than elated. You’re constantly nagging your child to stay on top of her homework, […]

Are you concerned that your child doesn’t have confidence in herself? Does she have difficulty standing up for herself, or maybe she gives up when the going gets tough? It could be that she has low self-esteem. Having good self-esteem enables your child to persevere through frustrating tasks, set goals for herself, make good decisions […]

It was an overwhelming decision, and it’s been weighing on your heart and mind for a long time: you’ve finally decided getting a divorce is the right decision for you. You’re highly aware that your child will be affected, but you want to minimize the negative impact, and support your child through this difficult adjustment. […]

When parents and children alike want to have the most fun and be the least stressed, the holiday season is the time of year where everyone’s stress exponentially increases. And with a significant part of the holiday season spent with visits to family, it’s no wonder that problem behavior skyrockets. If your child is prone to […]

Do you ever feel like you don’t know how to discipline your child, or that you don’t even have a right to discipline? I wonder if at times you’ve felt dis-empowered when it comes to setting boundaries and following up with consequences? 3 reasons you’ve become a dis-empowered parent I have to imagine that some […]

Giving kids choices is a helpful parenting strategy, but if you’re struggling with making it work for your child, it may be because you’re missing one of the hard-and-fast rules for really making this strategy successful. Check out my video below and read the blog for these quick tips for giving your child choices. 1. […]

Think your child has ADHD? Perhaps you’re worried it may be more than that? You could be right. Many of the symptoms of ADHD are common in other disorders like anxiety and depression. Read below for the symptoms of ADHD and why this disorder is oftentimes confused with anxiety and depression. Signs of Attention Deficit […]

So you’re noticing you’ve caught your child lying and you’re not sure what to make of it. You remember her telling tall tales when she was a preschooler but now that she’s getting older and she’s just flat-out not telling the truth. You’re eager to nip this habit in the bud. I get it. Lying […]