By: Fatima Khan-Ali, LMFT, MCAP Backpacks, Binders and Folders, Oh MY! It’s that time of year again, the stores are stocked, the kiddos will leave home, and traffic will pick up just a bit, it's BACK TO SCHOOL TIME. But what do we do with...
TEACHING BOUNDARIES TO YOUNG CHILDREN BY: STEPHONIA LLEWELLYN, LMHC With the new school year fast approaching, I know lots of parents are hoping that their kids as well as the people around them have proper boundaries. And as a reminder, boundaries are rules or limits...
By: Stacy Lloyd, MS, LMHC Starting a new school year brings a lot of excitement and changes. Students will have new classmates, teachers, after-school activities and new experiences. Parents are tasked with balancing the family’s schedules and helping their children navigate through many firsts. And...
If you think back to your own childhood, you remember there are generally two types of kids: The bully and those that the bully bullies. Most of us fell into that second group of kids. And don’t think for a minute that girls can’t be...
There was a time when young kids went to school, came home and did a little homework, then went outside to play with their friends. Their schedules were open and easy for them to handle. Nowadays, more and more young kids are involved in so...
No parent likes hearing that their child is acting out in class. At first, most of us want to blame ourselves and figure out what we’ve done wrong. When we come up empty, we tend to put the blame on our child, and sometimes we...