The prevailing message in the media today is clear: you need more money, a bigger house, a better car, a more expensive wardrobe, and all the latest gadgets in order to achieve happiness and social status. Our children receive similar Read More …
Do you ever feel like you are in distress and need help? Or just need someone to listen to your problems? There are a plethora of hotlines out there for almost anything you can think of. They for the sole Read More …
Mental health is just as important as physical health and there is a movement that is attempting to help awareness and prevention. Studies show that mental health is directly correlated with physical health. A 2012 study in Health Services Research confirmed this connection. Read More …
Ah. The teen years. Often a time of great anxiety and stress for both the teen and their concerned parents. I remember giving my parents quite a few gray hairs when I was younger. Now, I have a son who is a Read More …
Being a parent of teens is not an easy task especially as kids face some very difficult challenges they may not have had themselves. The teen years can be a difficult journey for many kids. Having parents they can go Read More …
One of the most stressful issues people face are addiction issues. It is especially hard if it is a child. Finding ways to help them can be emotionally and mentally taxing. Unfortunately, Opioid drugs are dangerously addictive. Although Opioids are Read More …
Taking the time to care for yourself is immensely important as a parent. Children’s needs are a constant task and often parents put their own needs on the back burner. It is unfortunately true that the more a person has Read More …
School supplies are purchased, backpacks are ready to go, lunch money is figured out, bus schedules are nailed down. And Breathe! It’s almost the first day of school! It comes every year, and the anticipation, excitement, nervous feelings, and squeaky Read More …
It’s been a rough couple of months and everyone is feeling it. We are feeling it, our kids are feeling it, our families are feeling it. Earlier this week, one of my children, after hearing about the latest police shootings Read More …
“Mommy! Mommy! Have you heard the really cool song that we just learned at summer camp? Coca-Cola came to town Diet Pepsi shot him down Doctor Pepper picked him up Now they all drink Seven-Up …” And thus begins the really Read More …