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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

One of the most frustrating and concerning experiences parents have is when their child comes to them and says “I hate school.” Sometimes this hatred for school escalates into a full-blown daily morning battle to get your child out of bed and out the door. Other times your child is coming home in tears and […]

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. […]