3 Back-to-School Tips for the 2023-2024 School Year

3 Back-to-School Tips for the 2023-2024 School Year

The Best Visual Schedule for Kids A couple of weeks ago, my almost-twelve year-old daughter served me a giant slice of humble pie. We moved to Oregon from California earlier this year to be closer...
How to Help a Child Cope With Chronic Health Issues

How to Help a Child Cope With Chronic Health Issues

When we think of chronic health conditions, we typically think of conditions that greatly affect an adult’s life and ability to work. However, chronic health issues also affect roughly 25% of children and adolescents across...

How to Help Kids Cope with a Parent’s Divorce/Separation

Divorce and separation can be traumatic for anyone involved, even and especially children and young ones. A 2017 study found that children in step, blended, or one-parent families are twice as likely to have a...
How to Help Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients

How to Help Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients

Cancer is the “big bad,” instilling fear in hearts and worry from loved ones. Helping and caring for a child with cancer is already a herculean task, but helping the siblings of pediatric cancer patients...
How to Help Your Child’s Mental Health During Cancer Treatment 

How to Help Your Child’s Mental Health During Cancer Treatment 

The word cancer can instantly instill feelings of fear, discomfort, and anxiety. And this is doubly so when it comes to our children. Cancer is the leading cause of death among diseases in children under...
Coping Skills for Kids

Coping Skills for Kids

While we wish the best for our friends, family, and especially our children, the truth is that hardships come in every lifetime. Coping skills and coping flexibility are essential for your kid’s ability to overcome hardships...
How to Support Kids' Mental Health

How to Support Kids' Mental Health

Many of us wish we could return to our childhood when times seemed simpler and responsibilities were few and far between. And yet, mental health disorders remain the most common disease among children in the...
15 Gifts for Chemo or Someone With Cancer

15 Gifts for Chemo or Someone With Cancer

Wondering what to get someone who is going through chemo? Through my cancer treatment, I was lucky to have a lot of amazing people come out of the woodwork and give me wonderful gifts for...
Household Systems to Reduce Stress in Your Family

Household Systems to Reduce Stress in Your Family

A lot of people ask me how they can support a friend who is going through something hard, and the answer is almost always about reducing their stress by reducing the number of things they...