How To Talk to Teens About Suicide & Mental Health
Suicide touches all of us in some way. As educators, we need to be aware of and discuss mental health honestly, and openly, especially with children and teens. Everyone who interacts with students in any way plays a role as the eyes and ears of suicide prevention in schools.
Tips For Potty Training
Having our kiddos move beyond diapers is probably exciting for most parents! But the process of potty training? Not so much. Family life specialist Dr. Dave Schramm has some tips that can make it go more smoothly!
Mirroring Children’s Emotions
When a human experiences a strong emotion, it happens in the back part of our brain, and when it’s intense, it tends to hijack the front part of our brains where we make decisions, pay attention, and think things through.
Learn Suicide Warning Signs & Risk Factors
Today, more than ever, it’s crucial for all school staff members to be familiar with, and watchful for, risk factors and warning signs of suicidal behavior.
Parenting Children 2-6: Establishing Rules
One of the most frustrating experiences for parents is when we create some rules in the house but then watch our kiddos not follow them and even ignore them!
Suicide Prevention: Stats & Facts
Studies show that when people tell someone they’re having suicidal thoughts, then they’re 66% less likely to attempt suicide. And if they tell their parents, they are 98% less likely to attempt suicide
Times of Trauma - What To Do When Things Feel Overwhelming
Whether it’s a pandemic, the inability to pay bills, a parking ticket, or a potty-training crisis, all of us experience stress in our lives.
Suicide Prevention: Be One Who Lived
If mental illness and life challenges have you considering taking your own life, you are not alone -- and there is hope! Here's a story that gives a glimpse of it.
Parenting Children Ages 2 - 6: Tug Of War
As parents of little kids, how many times per day do we say things like, “Don’t touch that!” “It’s time to be done”, or“ Let me help you.” And what’s their common response? “NO!” We’re just trying to help, so why do they have to be so stubborn?
Parenting Children Ages 2 - 6: The “My Way” Phase
All children begin to develop independence and a little bit of stubbornness around the age of 2. I have some tips to help you manage them and allow them their own autonomy too.
Parenting Children 2 - 6: Dealing With FEAR
All children have fears and did you know many of our fears are actually learned by the responses we see others have to things, like spiders, mice, and snakes.
Mental Health & Suicide
Suicide is a difficult subject to approach, but you can make a world of difference for helping your child if they are struggling! Remember, listening can be life-saving.
The Crybaby - Tips For Parenting Children Ages 2 - 6
One of the most stressful parts of taking care of a new parent is the crying. Here are four tips to help you better understand, cope, and handle your new babies cries.
Positivity - Creating an Upward Spiral That Improves Your Life & Relationships
When you are feeling positive your brain becomes up to 31% more productive. Join me as I share some simple tips and tricks to help you adopt a positive mindset that will lead to flourishing and success in your life.
Helping Children Learn To Talk: Part 1:Cooing & Babbling
When babies start cooing and babbling they are really trying to communicate and this process begins the foundation for language development –and there’s quite a bit parents can do to help this process.
Enjoying Life With Children
Raising young children is not easy. But here are three easy tips to help you balance life with young children. 1. Organize 2. Keep Learning 3. Celebrate…
8 Words For Resilience
Eight words that can help you develop resilience and improve your relationships, life, and career!
Parenting Children Ages 2 - 6: Introduction
Parenting can be joyful and rewarding, but it also can be tough! From dealing with picky eating to teaching our kiddos how to get along with others, it can be so easy to get frustrated and overwhelmed, right?
How an Outward Mindset will Improve Your Relationships
Research shows that the effectiveness of our efforts to improve our relationships depends not so much on having specific skills but rather on our MINDSET.
Lessons Learned from Empty Nesters
When your kiddos are all grown and out of the house, what might you have learned about being a parent? What would you wish you'd done differently?