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Category Archives: Parenting Your Teen
Clean your room! PLEASE
Does this sound familiar? Always nagging, always having to ask your kids to do their part… and then complaining when they forget? Not only do you complain; you DO what they were supposed to DO while mumbling & even perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged chores, clean, family chores, help, Mental Health, routines, school health, teens, tidy, tweens
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Celebrate the Longest Day of Play!
You know that frightening (yet strangely comforting) moment when you hear yourself channel your own parents when you utter a random phrase to your kids? That moment came for me last Sunday when I heard myself (i.e. my mother, circa … 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, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Play, Growth & Development, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged bring back play, Celebrate the Longest Day of Play!, grandparents, June 21st, longest day of play, longest day of the year, participaction longest day of play, physical activity, Physical Health, play, play outside, school, special needs, summer solstice
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Are Helmets Really Enough?
Before I begin, let me be crystal clear about one thing – wear helmets. Whatever the season – whatever the fun and awesome activity, we could all use a little reminder of the many reasons a helmet is a vitally important … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged bicycle safety, bike helmet, concussion, do helmets prevent concussions?, grandparents, head injury, head injury prevention, helmet, injury prevention, Keeping Your Baby Safe, parenting prevents injuries, Physical Health, prevent concussions, school, special needs, summer safety, types of helmets, wheeled toy safety
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Do as I Say NOT as I Do while driving
The day I turned 16, I pestered my mother until she drove me to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicle) office in my parents’ only car, a sky blue Chrysler Newport. I walked… no I merrily skipped into the office … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged distracted driving, drive safely, driving, Mental Health, parents, Physical Health, role model, smart phone, teaching, teens, texting, texting and driving
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Talk to me – I’m just like you
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo Buscaglia … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Depression & Anxiety After Birth, Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Pregnancy, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged Children's Mental Health, children's mental health poem, emotional health, emotional wellbeing, kindness, Mental Health, mental health poem, mental health stigma, mental health week, school health, special needs
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