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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...

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Boundaries

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...

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The 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...

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A 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...

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Spring 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...

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When 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...

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Ten 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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