Category: Parenting

Helping Your High Schooler Transition to College

  Whether your child is approaching legal adulthood or still has several years to go, if you told me that you hadn’t once thought about college or their adult years,...

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Child-Directed Play

Let Them Play (and Get Out of the Way)!

When you’re a busy parent or caregiver with errands to run, mouths to feed, and work to do, allowing for time for play might seem pretty low on the priority...

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Creating Calm by Creating Routines

School is ending and summer’s here! Children are excited and may be looking forward to no homework, sleeping in, and more freedom! As parents you might be worried about what...

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alternatives to punishment

Go Under the Behavior Before You Punish

Calm, consistent structure in your home helps your child to feel secure and know what is expected. Ultimately, this will lead most kids to success in most situations. But even the...

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Power Struggles

Stop Power Struggles, Make Peace with Your Child

It's 7:21 am, you have exactly four minutes until you HAVE to leave the house. Your child finally walks to the front door, "ready" to go... with NO shoes. You...

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Screen Time Takeover: 3 Tips for Busy Families

A little over 6 years ago, I had just reluctantly traded in my basic flip phone for a smartphone. Now? My smartphone practically feels like an appendage. Digital advancements are happening lightening...

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7 Better Ways to Bolster Your Child’s Self-Esteem

I’ve seen it time and time again. A desperate parent tells me that they don’t understand why their child is struggling with low self-esteem. This is despite the fact that...

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Kids’ Self Care: How sick is too sick?

On my graduation day from high school, a good friend was given a fancy certificate for maintaining a record of perfect attendance every single year of his entire history of...

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Strategies to Move a Couch Potato Kid

It’s an era of sedentary activity-- of children and adults who spend evenings and weekends glued to the couch. Many children have been trained to sit still for hours at...

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Contemporary Family Lessons from the Ancient Art of Taekwondo

What do sports have to do with personal wellbeing and family functioning? A lot, it turns out, if the sport you're talking about is Taekwondo. In a recent blog series,...

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8 Ways to Overcome Back-to-School Jitters

It's not at all uncommon for children to feel some anxiety at the start of the school year. For some children though, it turns into nearly paralyzing fear and gets...

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Device-Distracted Parents: You’re Just As Bad As Your Kids!

Despite the fact that I typically consider myself less tech savvy than many of my same-age peers, I'm just as guilty as the next gal when it comes to overindulging in...

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10 Parent Talking Points About “13 Reasons Why”

Lately, the masses, including many teens, seem to be tuning into a trending Netflix show called "13 Reasons Why.” For those of you who aren’t yet familiar, it is a show focused...

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When Your Child Says She Hates to Learn (Part 2)

Now that you've identified that your child is a refusal-to-put-in-the-work, acting-up, perfection-or-bust, or seeking-constant-reassurance bright kid (or just a kid with a nose), perhaps you would like some guidance? Last...

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When Your Child Says She Hates to Learn (Part 1)

Refusing to do homework, acting up in school, turning everything into a competition, constantly seeking positive feedback, falling apart when something isn't perfect... These are all warning signs that your...

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My Child Was Exposed to Media Coverage of a Tragic Event… What Can I Do?

With in-depth minute-by-minute coverage of news now literally at our fingertips, it’s impossible to shield our children from the tragedies of the world. While this may be ok in some...

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Talking to Kids About Therapy

January and February are heavy traffic months for us here at Intuition Wellness Center. Many children who are new to us enter through our door for the first time in...

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30 Days of Gratitude!

There are a few of us here at Intuition who simply cannot resist a good-natured competition. So with a joyful spirit and plenty of determination, we are taking a gratitude...

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4 Steps to Mindful Parenting that Will Change Your Relationship With Your Kids

Mindful parenting is not about adding something to your routine but rather about consciously choosing what you pay attention to and what you don't. Mindful parenting will help you connect with...

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6 Parenting Mistakes that Will Cost You Tons of Headaches

In my role as a clinical psychologist I get to witness many parenting successes as well as mistakes. I try to remind the parents who I work with that parenting is...

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