So many people with whom I work do not know the Why of how they feel or how they behave. They do not know the Why of how other people...

Cell phones are often a hot topic in my weekly conversations- teens use them to stay connected and grown-ups use them to stay afloat. It...

It's a new year and I am hopeful about what it will bring us. I am a big fan of resolutions and the powerful intentions of People Who Are...

There is a face that we Mothers paint on our girl children (we don't paint our boys the same way). We start the painting early and, if we...

Okay... so this seems like a yucky title. The idea of incest is appalling to most people and so the idea of emotional incest is equally...

I am mom to two amazing elementary-aged boys who are distance-learning and, recently, participating in a few extra curricular activities....

This is a short film made by a brilliant teen in Canada, Liv McNeil. She has called it Numb. I was called to watch it by a Huffington...

I see you. You spent last Spring fighting. Pleading. Begging. You've bought hundreds of dollars of electronic equipment, furniture and...

It has been a long, long time since I have sat down to add to this blog. And, I am thinking, my absence kinda parallels what we have all...

I thought writing a blog about George Floyd and racism and protests and our children would be easy. There is so much to say. So many...

Virtual Camp. Ugh. I can hear the collective groan now. Summer camps are supposed to be running and jumping and field trips to the nearby...

We are grieving. Individually and collectively- as families, as cities and as a country. There is this idea that grief is a feeling that...

I have good news and bad news for you: summer is almost here and your kids' distance-learning school year is almost at an end. This...

It was recently announced that we are doing this distance learning thing until the end of the school year. I think some teachers may have...

It's been a month since my last blog entry and a lot has happened. Covid-19 has necessitated some pretty significant social distancing,...

COVID-19 is a Coronavirus (there are several types of Coronavirus) that is currently spreading across the world. According to the World...

We all know, when our kids are very little, that maintaining naps and keeping a snack station in our diaper bag is critical to our kids'...

This has been a subject for discussion for me lately. The scenario goes like this: a parent calls me because their child is defiant or...

February 2nd through 8th is Play Therapy Week. The Association for Play Therapy (APT) is a national organization (to which I belong) that...

A huuuuuuge research study (like 17,000 participants) was conducted in the mid-nineties in California. The researchers were trying to...