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School Readiness – Communication Make sure your child feels comfortable communicating with you. Communication is crucial when it comes to all of the challenges your child will face each day at school. It is important for your child to feel comfortable speaking with you about bullies, fears, and anxieties. You can turn any challenge around […]

Keeping the Joy Alive The hustle and bustle of the holiday season, is often intense but, no doubt, still exciting. Decorating the house, wrapping gifts, and baking goodies will keep the joy alive. Ultimately, however, the excitement can become overwhelming and put children into full sensory overload, especially as many children AND adults may still […]

What to Expect from 7 to 9 year old’s The golden years for children are between the ages of 7 and 9 years old. At this age, children can grasp new information quickly. They start seeing the world in a new and exciting way and, because of this, they are beginning to develop their morals […]

Utilizing Oxytocin to Strengthen Connection Oxytocin is best known as the “love chemical” and is released when we feel love. And while it is generally associated with the parent-child bond and more in-depth relationships, it is also significant in overall human connections. With all the stress and pressures of the world today, many children go […]

As people grow older, they begin to find ways to be more productive and make use of their time. For senior citizens, in particular, they find that there is even more time they need to utilize and want to do so effectively. Many will go out and find other jobs while others will pursue hobbies […]

Every year, the American Heart Association celebrates Heart Month to raise awareness about heart disease and heart health. What you may not know is that martial arts are great for the heart. In fact, the cardiac benefits of martial arts give a whole new meaning to the idea of cardiovascular fitness. With that in mind, […]

Grade school can be quite the experience for any child. It is a place where a child not only learns academically but one where a child must learn to socialize and function in the world. Unfortunately, there are a lot of negative experiences that a child may have when going through school. Whatever those experiences […]

Balance Feels Best – Helping Children Neutralize Technology Overload As digital learning has become a widely preferred alternative for school, children everywhere are now “required” to be on devices in the wake of the pandemic. This is quite a change from the screen time limits that parents have attempted to enforce for years. Now, allotting […]

Preparing Children to Return to School – A Social Approach Over the past few months, interactions have been minimal, and our social skills are rusty. Since prolonged school closures have a negative impact on children’s social development, we are now faced with how to regain skills while moving forward with new skills. Though some children […]

Preparing Children to Return to School – A Physical Approach We are currently faced with all sorts of unknowns most, of which, are completely out of our control. And while we cannot dictate how others choose to move forward, what we can do, as parents, is prepare our own families for what may lie ahead. […]

Supporting Children’s Emotional Needs During the Pandemic Part 1  As the pandemic carries on, our coping skills are starting to unravel. For many people, this has become the ultimate emotional test. As we continue to maintain our distance from each other, not only have our social lives been halted, but our emotional support is wavering […]

Routines – Shifting Into A New Normal The recent closures of schools and businesses are widespread and have led to major disruptions in the daily routines of families.  Children are trying to adjust to doing school at home and parents are now trying to balance their new work from home life with their role as […]

Welcome to the last Wednesday of January 2020!     The last four weeks we’ve released articles based around New Year’s resolutions and why we seldom accomplish what we set out to do. Let’s review the past four weeks.   Week 1: Successful Goal Setting Key takeaway: Set realistic and specific goals. Don’t try to […]

Commitment:   An ever controversial subject.     It’s easy to set a goal, work towards it while you’re motivated, and then give up when the motivation wear’s off. It’s a never-ending cycle of good intentions with poor execution.   So how does commitment play into motivation?   Motivation is the momentary feeling of enthusiasm […]

Part 3: Reward yourself!   But… when?   There’s no simple or precise answer to this, but it’s basically just up to you! There is no perfect rhyme or reason for when you deserve a reward, but just know that you don’t have to wait until you cross the final finish line to celebrate your […]

Accountability: What is it?   Accountability simply means holding yourself accountable for your success or failure. Want the truth? No one really cares if you accomplish your goals. There may be a few exceptions, but no one else is going to care about your success as much as you. The beginning of the year is […]

New Year’s is the time of year many people find the inspiration to improve themselves, but did you know that only 9% of people ever achieve those resolutions? Though there are several things that contribute to lack of follow through, we will be focusing on 5 major reasons people do not accomplish their New Year […]

I was supposed to publish this article last week, but due to the events of last weekend, I didn’t. I could’ve released it any time between last Friday and now, but I just chose not to. It’s my humble opinion that you’re getting better content because of that decision.   Anyway ……………………………..   How do […]