Making New Friends
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one. - C.S. Lewis Whether your child is starting the year in a brand new school or returning...
View ArticleBoundaries
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. - Brene Brown Boundary lines define the playing field. They outline the perimeter and if...
View ArticleThe Birth and Re-birth of Identity
Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment. - Ellis Peters The birds chirp outside of my window building nests and resting on the newly budded branches surrounding my office. As spring...
View ArticleA Time to Pause: Reflecting on Development in the Coming School Year
We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course…we need the...
View ArticleSpring Growth
Teachers arise from somewhere within me that is beyond me, the way the dark soil that is not the root holds the root and feeds the flower. – Mark Nepo “How old do I have to be to be a grown up?” E has...
View ArticleWhen Kids Question Everything
It just started happening seemingly out of the blue. “Why can’t I watch PG-13 rated movies? I know kids in my class who do.” “Why do I always have to go upstairs for bed at 7:00? The neighbors all get...
View ArticleTen Positive Ways to Deal with Whining
“Mooooommmmm, I don’t want to go to the sitter’s,” seven-year-old Elaina says in a high-pitched, sing-song (as in a fingernails-on-a-chalkboard, not melodic) way. The powerful whine is wielded to get...
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