Carving Out Special Time With Your Children 12/17/2016 It’s almost embarrassing for me to write how having special time with each of your kids is important! I mean, parents love their kids equally and deeply care about their feelings and lives. But for those of us who have two, three, four or even ten kids, finding individual time for each child often seems impossible. To start, there are only 168 hours in a week- roughly 56 spent sleeping, 35 where they attend school and at least 10 for transition time before and after school. And this doesn’t READ MORE
It’s almost embarrassing for me to write how having special time with each of your kids is important! I mean, parents love their kids equally and deeply care about their feelings and lives. But for those of us who have two, three, four or even ten kids, finding individual time for each child often seems impossible. To start, there are only 168 hours in a week- roughly 56 spent sleeping, 35 where they attend school and at least 10 for transition time before and after school. And this doesn’t
Letting Conflict Happen in Relationship Therapy 12/14/2016 In today's day and age we parents, teachers, aunts, uncles, grandparents and even therapists want to play nice. And who could argue in the midst of conflict with wanting to make peace and offering everyone a voice and toning down the tension. It's not only well intended by therapists but also designed to keep the playing field level. But is it possible that we may be accidentally suppressing emotions that are uncomfortable for us and perhaps robbing others of a piece of their experience? Let me READ MORE
In today's day and age we parents, teachers, aunts, uncles, grandparents and even therapists want to play nice. And who could argue in the midst of conflict with wanting to make peace and offering everyone a voice and toning down the tension. It's not only well intended by therapists but also designed to keep the playing field level. But is it possible that we may be accidentally suppressing emotions that are uncomfortable for us and perhaps robbing others of a piece of their experience? Let me