When a child’s emotions escalate, it’s natural to want to step in and fix things immediately. However, understanding the underlying mechanisms of overwhelm can provide clarity and guide you in supporting your child through these challenging moments.

Trying to convince a child that they should not be afraid does not ease anxiety, but rather continues to fuel it. So, if you shouldn’t ease your child’s anxiety in this way, what can you do to support your child with their worries and fears through this season?

The struggle and numbness that can come with the new quiet in your home and having more time on your hands than you know what to do with can sometimes be overwhelming. Especially if it was unexpected.

You are back to that alarm-setting, lunch-packing, routine-following moment. You have anticipated this for a little while now, and you are ready for some structure in your days. Here are some practical tips to make the shift back to routine easier on you and your child.

And we’re back to school…and instead of providing you with a list or structural ideas for what to do, I would like to share a challenge that I equally have challenged myself with during the process of writing this blog, as well as a sort of activity that I’ve been contemplating for the weeks leading up to January.

All of us have been affected by Covid in one way or another. We have all had to adjust how we cope in life and interact with others. I believe that our teenagers’ experience has a few more nuances added to it. It’s important that we acknowledge the loss and grief that some teens have experienced and that they will never be able to experience school the way it was. This article was written to help them navigate the anxiety that this might be producing as they return to school this year.