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We Can’t Heal Our Children
One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn in the last few years, is that whether our child has a medical condition or emotional trauma, we can’t heal them.
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Forgive and Remember
Forgiving is biblical. And isn’t forgetting? Isn’t there a Bible verse about that somewhere?
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What You Say You Believe
It smelled faintly of sour milk and goldfish crackers.
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The Price of Independence
Only kids think holidays have happy endings. By adulthood, we’ve learned
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Plan your best summer day yet!
Last summer it wasn’t until the week before school started back that I realized
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5 Steps to Raising an Inclusive Child: A-E-I-O-U
I doubt any parent has said, “I want my child to grow up to be… a bully.” No parent wants that phone call that says their son or daughter has been calling other children names either.
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When a Teenager Called My Son A Retard
What does a bully look like? We imagine him bulky and gruff, sinister and sarcastic. He’s the extreme – either poor and defending his self-esteem by lashing out at the weak, or rich and lording his excess over the less fortunate. That’s bullying, right? What if the bully is just someone’s kid? A camp counselor…
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Therapy Thursday: 50% off Calmer – a book to help with your child’s medical trauma
If your child has a chronic medical condition, then you’ve probably encountered challenges with medical trauma. Or maybe someone else in your life faces this challenge. From minor flinching at needle sticks all the way to full blown meltdowns, you probably know how challenging it is to go from appointment to appointment, test to test,…
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7 Reasons Why This Parent Is Thankful Donald Trump is Running for President
I don’t tell my kids how they should view the world. I do tell them how I view the world, how I would vote, and why. But someday (and that someday is like a speeding train from pre-teen to eighteen), they’ll have to make their own voting decisions and I want them to be informed.…
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Why I gave my son 5 M&Ms when he asked about Donald Trump
“Mom, how much money does Donald Trump have?” “Millions, billions,” I answered. “So, he’s rich? I wish I was that rich.” “Hmmm. Yeah, he’s rich.” “Someday I’m gonna be rich.” “If you had $100,000 right now, would you be rich?” “No.” He looked confused, frustrated as if I just could not understand what rich was.…