Superkidschicago

08/20/2025

The pediatricians deserve a flower 🌺 cupcake 🧁 bouquet 💐; they keep our Chicago families happy and healthy. Doctors like Dr. Necheles, Dr. Monroe, and Dr. Sterrett know when parents 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 can benefit from a behavioral reset and collaborate closely with us. We cannot believe it’s been over 10 YEARS of working together!!! Here’s to another 10! Enjoy your🧁cupcakes! 💕Love, Danielle & Phil

07/28/2025

Summer is the perfect time to create measurable, social skills goals with your kiddos. Some great sample goals to try:
➡️ make eye contact when saying “Hi!”
➡️ ask a store employee a question
➡️ order a pizza for the family
➡️ invite new friends over for a hangout

Consider sharing the goal with a grandparent or family friend—your child is much more likely to want to achieve the goal if shared with a non-parent.

For suggestions specific to your child, set up a coaching session with Phil or Danielle. ☀️Happy summer!

06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day! To grandfathers and uncles and all those that care for another; you are celebrated. Phil Garcia, LCSW is pictured here with his handsome dad both wishing you a day’s filled with gratitude!

05/22/2025

We are excited to share our new logo! Thank you to for donating his time and expertise! We’ll continue to help bring out the ‘super’ 🤩 in every kid!

05/10/2025

To everyone who has every mothered—and that includes the many moms who have never given birth! Thank you for all you give to your pets, siblings, parents, friends and all you love.

04/17/2025

“JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES!”
Feels like the whine heard around the world. Can a day go by without this phrase? 🙈 We love kids who can 🗣️ speak up for their needs and wants, but enough is enough. To ensure your kindness isn’t taken advantage of, you need an easy, consistent home behavior plan. SuperKids is here to coach parents on an evidence-based 🏠 home behavior plan with results. We hope to hear from you soon to help your kids respect your boundaries! 😌

01/23/2025

🤔We are all tempted to think, “my kid must be hitting because s/he doesn’t know it hurts! I need to teach them!” But the bottom line is MOST kids are hitting because it ‘works’. Hitting gets big reactions. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒Kids often feel powerless given so many choices are being made by adults. Hitting makes them feel powerful and release frustration. So how can we respond if we want hitting to be an extinct behavior? If you’ve already taught your child that hitting is harmful once, then you don’t need to repeat it. What they need in order to want to stop hitting is for hitting to no longer get big reactions. 😌If your child hits you, let them know you need to take a minute break standing up a few feet away from them until they can get back into the Green ✅Zone (see SuperKids Zones on our Insta posts). Wait until they calm and then give lots of specific praise, “nice job choosing to calm”. We want kids to learn the BIGGEST REACTIONS come from kindness and calm not hitting.

10/01/2024

Join us for a FREE presentation on SPACE (Supportive Parenting Through Anxious Childhood Emotions). This evidence-based program from Yale helps anxious kids get into remission faster than just individual therapy. It’s rarely free, so join and let other parents gain access to these techniques!

09/26/2024

Join us for a free SPACE presentation!

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09/26/2024

When they hear “flexible”, most kids think of P.E. And gymnastics; help them learn the most important definition of flexible: Flexible Thinking 💭 Catch yourself, friends and partners and your kids being flexible when schedules change or they don’t get their way.

EXAMPLES: "I love how flexible you were when we made that un-planned stop to Starbucks!"

"I love how flexible you were when I gave your sister more attention than you"

The more you praise flexibility in your 🏠 the more you’ll get flexibility!

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08/22/2024

Phil and Danielle are here to support your kiddos through the school year! Whether you need a school observation and report of suggested accommodations (Danielle) or your child needs coping skills (Phil), we are here!

03/21/2024

Chicago has so many fun options for a staycation! We can’t wait to hear what your Superkids do!