How to Answer your Preschooler’s Questions about Death

It is very common for 3 and 4-year-olds to ask ‘why’ questions. Preschoolers are curious explorers of the world with an insatiable appetite for new information. A topic that can sometimes catch parents off guard is one of ‘death and...

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Loving the Imperfect Moments

There are many difficult moments in the life of a parent - to say the least. I had many ideas about who I would be as a mother, most of which completely unraveled as I set into the reality of...

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The Benefits of Mindfulness

Life is constantly pulling us and our thoughts in a thousand different directions. As adults, we often worry about the future or the past, usually without even realizing it. We are constantly analyzing or being swept up in the emotions...

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The Importance of Raising Confident Children

Confidence is mandatory for children's social & emotional development. When children feel good about themselves and who they are, they can try new things, master new skills and build strong relationships. If parents are seeing their little ones struggle with...

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The Importance of Raising Caring Children

Our Caring Crew supports children in learning how to take care of themselves and others. Most parents hope for their children to be happy and have positive friendships and relationships. So what can we offer our children now, to help...

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The Importance of Raising Resilient Children

Life can be amazing and life can be tough and these can both be true at the same time. What helps us get through the tough part is resilience. Our Resilient Crew reminds us all that we can get through...

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How to Help your Child Strengthen their Inner Voice and Encourage Self-Expression

The inner voice is the quiet, wise place inside all of us that knows what is right for us. By the time we are adults, we have received many messages from the world that complicate our relationship to our inner...

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Connection to Exploration

The Path for Positive Social-Emotional Development All parents want their children to grow up confident in themselves and engaged in healthy relationships. The question is… how do we support our children to get there? Sometimes having more information about what...

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How to Support a Young Child with Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural emotional response to a loss. Loss can be associated with a big change (like moving, or not being able to see your friends during a pandemic), or it could even be the death of a loved...

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10 Ways to Manage Sibling Conflict this Summer

Summer is around the corner, and that means more time at home together. On Ask a Therapist Thursday, we consistently hear that parents struggle to manage their children's conflict while working at home. Before the summer brings us heightened squabbles...

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The Importance of Imaginative Play

Play is how young children explore, communicate, and learn about the world. So much of the time, we adults insist that children learn our ways of the world, but what would happen if we learned more about their ways? If...

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Express Emotions and Build Self-Esteem

Help your Child Express Emotions and Build Self-Esteem: Three phrases to help you set limits while allowing your child to express themselves. Children enter into this world with different temperaments and personalities, but they are also shaped by their environments. Whether...

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