Re-framing Overwhelmed: See It — Say It
I feel privileged to count Kay Wyma as both a friend and colleague. Kay is as brilliant as she is …
Category Archives: building family connections
Conflict is Inevitable; Combat, Maybe NOT
In my line of work, I see a lot of family conflict and almost without exception, parents AND teens seem …
A Different Type of Back-to-School Assignments?
You may have noticed that heading back to school just isn’t like it used to be. There used to be …
The Power of the Positive
Have you ever noticed that even if your kid does a dozen things right today, you notice, and more often …
Pretty? Beautiful? Hot? Sexy? Slutty?: What DOES she want to be?
(NOTE: this is from an Abercrombie & Fitch ad) There isn’t a female on the planet who doesn’t want to …
The Tuesday Club
My mom was born in 1909 so that made her VERY old-school, indeed! When she grew up, by age six …
Perpetual Adolescence?
Don’t get me wrong: I love watching Seth Rogen and crew. But after quite a few similarly-themed movies, along with …
How do we help kids develop “post-traumatic growth?” Asset 4
(A re-post by popular request) We’ve been considering how to help our kids come out on the “high side” after …
How do we help kids experience “post-traumatic growth?” Asset 2
In a recent blog, I shared Dr. Marti Seligman’s research on post-traumatic stress, a project which called attention to the …
A Topic We WISH We Didn’t Need to Talk About
A big “thanks” to The Dallas Morning News (article entitled, “Dating rife with abuse, teens say,” October 24, 2014) and …
