Meeting an Extroverted Child’s Needs
Extroverts need stimulation, and frequent human contact and conversation meet this need. Engagement feeds their soul.
Parents and Teachers
Building Character
Social & Emotional Challenges
What We Get Wrong About Teaching Kids to Apologize and Forgive
Too often, parents and teachers try to force kids to apologize and forgive. But research suggests there’s a better way.
Why You Should Talk With Your Child About Alcohol and Other Drugs
When parents create supportive and nurturing environments, children make better decisions.
How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers
Help teens navigate negative impacts of social media.
How To Be Your Child’s Friendship Coach
Help your children learn how to make and keep friends.
Back to School Anxiety
Tips to help your teen overcome back to school fears and anxiety.
Resilience – A Sustaining Gift for Your Child
Helping kids build resilience promotes their character, academic success, optimism, and encourages a more positive approach to life.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching Your Child to Cope
A child who learns how to cope while young is a child who will gain strength and confidence as he matures.
Helping Children Deal With Grief
As a parent, you can’t protect a child from the pain of loss, but you can help him feel safe.
5 Things to Know about Raising Introverted Kids
Introverted kids energize by being alone. When they have had a busy, stimulating, or stressful day, they need alone time.
9 Steps to Take if Your Child Is Being Bullied
Bullying is a real problem that needs to be solved as a family. Janet Lehman explains what you can do to help your child.
9 Things Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try
While there is no one-size-fits-all solution for anxiety, there are a plethora of great research-based techniques that can help manage it.
12 Ways to Help Children Manage Their Anger
How do we teach our children acceptable ways of expressing anger?
Anxiety in Children: How Parents Can Help
Anxious children can benefit a great deal by support from their parents.
Bully-Proofing Our Kids
Some of the toughest problems parents must deal with happen right on the school playground…