Mental Health In Our Schools and How We Can Help Students

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About one in five children in the United States show signs of a mental health disorder – anything from ADHD to eating disorders and suicide. And yet, as NPR has been reporting in their series on the mental health crisis in U.S. schools, many schools aren’t prepared to work with … Read More

Our Schools & The Mental Health Crisis

Our schools are experiencing a mental health crisis. In any given year, up to one in five kids living in the U.S. shows signs or symptoms of a mental health disorder. What can we do to identify these students within our schools and connect them to the resources they need? In … Read More

Conflict Tools You Can Use

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While perusing Pinterest and looking for posts regarding conflict, I came across the following quote: 10% of conflict is due to difference of opinion and 90% is due to tone of voice and delivery. I was curious about the origin. While I was not able to find consensus as to … Read More

How to “Parent Proof” Your Marriage

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One of the most frequent issues that many spouses face is problems with intrusive parents. Do you experience parents who call daily, come over uninvited, tell you how to parent your children, judge the decisions you make or disrespect your spouse? These type of encounters are problematic to marriages because they violate … Read More

How Severe Can Child Neglect Really Be?

We have known for some time now that the majority of our brain development occurs within the first few years of life. What many people don’t know, however, is just how detrimental neglect can be on a child’s overall brain development.

How to Argue with Your Spouse in Front of Your Children

Every couple is different, but it’s necessary to point out that all healthy relationships have some level of conflict. To be perfectly honest, when a relationship has no conflict, that is often a sign there are likely some more significant concerns that need to be addressed. That being said, I expect for parents to have some conflict with each other and children will likely witness it from time to time. Keep in mind though, as with anything else, they will learn from what they see and hear.

The Growing Parent: The Servant Day

My husband and I have a large family and we’re always pulled in so many different directions that we rarely ever get any one on one time with our children, and it’s really starting to show.

The Growing Parent: Trauma in the Media (Part 3)

The fact is, children are going to get the information they are looking for one way or another, whether from their peers, television programs, the internet, and so forth. Unfortunately, often times the information they find is erroneous. False information can be problematic for a variety of reasons and can lead our children down paths we don’t even want to fathom. As parents we have the opportunity to give our children accurate and healthy information, in turn giving them a better foundation.