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02/25/2026

The running leap concept addressed by Dr Betsy in her TED talk is a great new perspective for parents to support kids' occasional backward steps before they feel ready to take new leaps/ new challenges & how to support them in their building confidence process. "Backing up is not the same as backing away".

What if everything we think we know about motivation is exactly backwards? In her talk, Dr. Betsy Blackard shares a new perspective on children’s responses t...

12/19/2025

For those grieving during the winter holidays, here is a good resource from the Dougy Center with tips to consider when navigating the demands and stress of this time of the year.

09/25/2025

September is Su***de Prevention month. This article from Olympia Therapy offers information & resources on this relevant topic.

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07/14/2025

Powerful & moving words from a post from "Inside Parenting".

12/04/2024

Since I came across the book by Sandy Blackard "Say What you see", it has been an ongoing parenting resource in my practice. It promotes "a language of listening" to promote and improve parent-child interaction and connection. As a licensed psychotherapist, I highly recommend the book & the coaching skills course & mastery class explained in detailed on the website below. Take a look...

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09/13/2024

September is su***de awareness & prevention month. This article from Olympia Therapy has information for parents on the topic with guidelines to support kids' mental health and wellbeing.

As September marks Su***de Prevention Month, it’s a critical time for us to reflect on how we can support the mental well-being of children and teenagers. Youth mental health is a topic that demands our attention year-round. Still, this month is especially dedicated to raising awareness, breaking ...

01/29/2024

What a leap it is to go from parenting a child to parenting a teenager.
Ray, A.R. (2023, April 10). Parenting Adolescents – Good Grief! Retrieved from

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10/31/2023

Coming across this poem with an important message within & sharing it with all parents.

01/10/2023

Prior research has pointed to a range of effects on children’s mental health, linking the use of social media with depression and anxiety. This articles reminds us how social media has remapped the central experiences of adolescence, a period of rapid brain development, which in turn, maybe influencing the way teens’ brain develops.

Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was not clear.

10/01/2022

Good article and an excellent reminder for parents.

It’s midnight, and I’m only now going to bed. This is after an hour of scrolling Reddit on my phone, reading a book, or watching a show.

06/14/2022

This article presents alarming news about the impact of screen time on kids’ developing brains: affecting their sleep, inhibiting their willingness to learn and explore the world, and exposing them to unregulated content with little educational value, which can be often violent or inappropriate. It also provides tips for parents for limiting screen time.

Here is the article.

Dr. Jennifer Cross, developmental and behavioral pediatrics expert, explains the harmful effects of too much screen time on early childhood development.

04/26/2022

“Teens are coming in with self-diagnoses derived from TikTok”, claims this article bellow. Good reading to learn a bit about the dangerous trend about self-diagnosing a mental health disorder based on social media…

The social media platform has become the psychiatrist's couch for Gen Z