How to Help a Friend Going Through a Divorce (aka the Best Divorce Care Package)

How to Help a Friend Going Through a Divorce (aka the Best Divorce Care Package)

Help Kids Cope with Divorce Divorce is one of the most stressful times in a person's life, and knowing how to be a good friend to someone going through a divorce can be hard, especially...

Picture Books for Troubled Toddlers: Separation Anxiety, School, and Divorce

When my daughter was small, I amassed quite a library of books for anxious toddlers. A few of them are great, but most of them were less than unhelpful. Some of the better-known books (like the...

How Knowing Your Kid's Temperament Can Help You Be a Better Parent

Parenthood is more of a learning experience than I ever could have imagined. There’s no instruction manual, no road map. It’s like being thrown off a cliff into the ocean, and being told that you...
5 Tips to Teach Kids Responsibility

5 Tips to Teach Kids Responsibility

As adults, we know what responsibility is - after all, we wake up every morning with a household to take care of and bills to pay. Kids, on the other hand, get to play all...