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Category Archives: Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween
Kids, fighting and back to school routines.
“Will you stop fighting!” I tell my kids, raising my voice a little too loudly. Yes, my kids are at it again and it can be so frustrating and trivial to me! And it seems to be getting worse as we go … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Healthy Eating for Your Child/Tween, Healthy Eating for your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens, Transition to High School
Tagged being active, breakfast, getting back to school, healthy-living, Mental Health, parenting teens, Physical Health, routines, school, school health, school performance, sleep, teens, tweens
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Summer fun and electronics; can there be a happy medium?
I can tell the summer-is-here excitement is already building for my kids. The sweet smell of freedom is in the air as they wait with baited breath for that last bell of the school year to ring. In my house, long, lazy … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged active play, fun, kids, limiting screen time, Mental Health, outdoor, outdoor play, physical activity, Physical Health, screen time, summer, summer and screen time, teens
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Parenting an introverted child
Minor hockey in our family was simply a ways to a means. And no, not a means to a budding NHL career, but a means to a play date – the after hockey play date! I thought every child would squeal … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged celebrate, child, energy, extrovert, introvert, Mental Health, parent, Physical Health, preschoolers, shy
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Why Family Assets really matter: my mission trip to Honduras
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel with my mother and her friends on a mission to Central America. Our mission was to provide service in a variety of capacities at El Hogar, a home for poor … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged developmental assets, family assets, family strengths, family values, mission trip, volunteering
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Kids and team sports: what are kids really learning?
I have fond memories of my childhood pickup baseball games at the local park, just a bunch of kids with a bat, a ball and a few gloves. We organized everything ourselves and spent the afternoon running around the bases in … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged child, game, kids, learning, loosing, Mental Health, parent as spectators, parents, Physical Health, playging the game, Sports, team sport, teams, teens, winning
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