Gifted kids are wonky. I can say this because I have known, and loved, many gifted kids. Gifted families (gifted kids usually have gifted...

Florida's House Bill 315 was recently filed and has been thrown into the mainstream media because of its proposal that students be...

Yesterday, my son did not get picked. He wanted to be his class representative for Student Government and he made a speech, gave it to...

I am an introvert. This surprises and, in some cases, flat-out shocks people who know me. So I clarify... though I am an introvert, I am...

This weekend I went to the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. I've been a few times, but as a massive superhero fan (all my kids...

I work with a lot of helicopter parents... parents who spend a lot of time and energy guiding their child through life. Initially, it...

Today the online world is a-twitter about Greta Thunberg's speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit. She is an environmental...

Human beings lie, all of us. Some people justify a lie based on the severity... as in, it's okay to lie to an officer about how fast you...

Sense of Wonder, by Van Morrison, is one of my favorite songs. Many of the kids with whom I work have lost touch with their Sense of...

A study came out a few days ago in the Journal of American Medical Association Psychiatry about kids and screen-time. The study involved...

This week I am working on mindfulness. Believe it or not, we therapists have to do our own work... we don't always walk into our own...

Today is September 11... 2019. We adults in this country know the meaning of this day- some have a more acute understanding than others....

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I have worked with hundreds of kids who have wanted to kill themselves. The concept that a human...

Parents, especially Moms, are often worried that they have broken their kids. That somehow, their choices (especially if they were not...

I am an expert in people who seem broken. I have spent 20 years working with children who have been traumatized... children whose...

A hurricane is approaching our town and everyone is out, in hoards, preparing. I have been out too, surfing the crowds to get the things...

I have heard three teenagers (and two Moms), since school started, tell me about a "crazy kid" at their school who is Unsafe. A kid who...

It's hurricane season again and the news media is all a-twitter about a storm that is coming in from the Atlantic. Seasoned Floridians...

Throughout the years I have met a lot of angry kids. No matter their age, from 2 to 18, these are kids who refuse to go to school, throw...