Can Gratitude Help You Be a Better Parent?
Sometimes, gratitude is easy. Perhaps it’s November, a month that seems to espouse thankfulness at every turn. Or a birthday or anniversary pops up, and you just can’t help but enter into an air of celebration and thanksgiving. But what about all the other days
Visual Journaling: What is it and how can it help my kids?
Have you ever had a conversation that looked or sounded something like this? “How was your day at school?” Fine. “How are you feeling today?” Fine. “How’s life in your neck of the woods, sweet child of mine?” Fine. No matter how the question is phrased
9 Questions You Can Ask Your Kids for a Better Dinner Table Conversation
Maybe it’s just me, but dinnertime can often feel like the best of times or the worst of times. If the food’s a hit, the dialogue might also be an easy hit as well. But if someone’s having a hard day
How to Talk to Your Kids about Bullying
For a long time, a singular picture of bullying lived in my mind: this, an image of a bigger-than-average child stealing the lunch money off a smaller-than-average child. Always, the two characters were boys. Always, the negative behavior ended when the smaller boy stuck up for himself
