Higgins Family Center

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06/14/2021

It's wedding season! Give a gift that will help ensure that their relationship lasts. We are offering a package of THREE premarital, newly-married, or tuneup counseling sessions for only $60.

Contact Kylyn at 435-200-3122

Specializing in parenting education services and adolescent, adult, marriage, and family counseling in the Uintah Basin.

05/11/2021

I am honored to be invited to be a part of USU Uintah Basin's speaker serires. Come join me tonight at 7:00 online. I'll be pushing beyond talk about self-care to find ways that we can genuinely Cultivate Resilience, especially during difficult times.

04/12/2021

An amazing local resource for well-rounded kids.

Classes starting next week! Get registered before it’s too late! Our links are in Instagram profile or head to our website and look under classes or events on the home page!

02/14/2021

A critical parenting perspective. Let’s help our little ones manage big emotions, so as they get older, they will come to us for help with big problems.

This spoke to me today. Alanna kindly shared it with me in a message. This first passage is a quote from L.R.Knost - Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources:

"Perhaps the reason teens isolate themselves when they're overwhelmed instead of coming to us with their problems, is because when they're toddlers we isolate them when they're overwhelmed instead of helping them with their problems."

This section is written by Laura Muhl:

When our kids are small and trying to manage emotions - they can't express what they are feeling. They throw tantrums, they throw things, they have meltdowns, they scream and they whine. This is their way of communicating with us. They need help to organize, process and express their feelings in a healthy way.

And society tells us we should punish them for this. Send them to their room, put them in timeout, s***k them.

We teach them and train them not to show their emotions. Don't whine. Don't complain. Your feelings are wrong. Be quiet.

Eventually they stop expressing their emotions to us because we told them over and over again we didn't want to hear it. For so long they needed to deal with it alone. Alone in their room, their chair, their corner.

And then they turn into teenagers and we expect them to feel safe talking to us. We expect them to know that NOW it's okay. They are subconsciously wired to think the opposite because this is what they grew up learning.

Give your child permission to feel. Let them know their feelings are valid and that you care, no matter how small. Make sure they know that they are heard.

Pretty soon meltdowns over crayons will turn into breakups, heartbreak, s*x, or even depression. You want your child to know that you will always hear them, no matter how small. You are their safe space."

(Shared via Kassie Ehler)

01/05/2021

So scary 😟.

01/02/2021

2021 is going to be a great year!

12/29/2020

Emergency New Resource 🚨🚨🚨

For immediate stress relief, call 1-561-567-8431, wait for the beep, and just SCREAM!!

You can even listen to others’ “submissions.” Just go to the website. It will only be up until mid-Jan, so get your screams in while you can.

https://justscream.baby/

12/28/2020

Go easy on yourself when considering new years resolutions this week. We have all just been through hell and we still don't know how long it is going to last. It's okay that we've all put on weight and let other things slide. Having unrealistic expectations going into 2021 is not going to help.

12/24/2020

Even Santa can struggle with boundaries. Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄