The hardest thing to do when nothing is certain is to make peace with your situation. For most of us, it’s been about six (or even eight) weeks since this all started—this of course meaning the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that is still too new and too startling to fully grasp yet. In the years Read the full article…
I don’t know why I always get nervous about parent-teacher meetings. I guess any parent wants to know that their child is doing well, and a little worried about any problems that might come up. At my four-year-old son’s most recent one, just before schools closed down due to the current pandemic, we discussed the Read the full article…
Fred Rogers was a remarkable person who helped millions of children develop empathy and learn to talk about their feelings through his popular television show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He was also incredibly adept at helping parents understand how to talk to children about very difficult subjects. He didn’t do it alone. The chief consultant for Read the full article…
As a mother of four, there are so many things I believe I probably don’t get right in the parenting department on a daily basis. My first instinct is to beat myself up over all the things I am probably doing “wrong,“ rather than focus on the things I may be getting right. But that’s Read the full article…
