Children's Emotional Development Parenting Blog

Raising Our Future Leaders with Empathy

A new way, a new strong. Emotional Courage is about noticing and expressing your own feelings, and listening to others’ emotional expression, even when that’s hard to do. It stands in contrast to the old “tough guy” model, emerging as a new path...

Connected Heart-to-Heart

NEW CREATURE! Otter supports Family Bonding… and there really couldn’t be a better time for family bonding, transition, and acceptance than now in this current environment. With so much change to family routines, this sweet Otter’s story reminds children that we...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Your families mental health starts with yours. A post from our co-Founder, co-CEO, and resident family therapist, Kelly Oriard.

Feelings Feature: We are in this together.

Our world has changed drastically in the past month. We are all striving to embrace a new normal, to set a new routine, to learn and work in a new way. But what we will recall when we look back at this...

Navigating Anxiety in Uncertain Times

In light of current news that the WHO has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, we wanted to share some tips as a therapist and educator navigating this in real time with our own families. Here are 5 important reminders for...

One in 7.7 Billion: Raising Children to be Their Authentic Self

Earth is home to more than 7.7 billion humans, and your little one is different from every single one of them. In fact, there has never been another person throughout the entirety of human history that was or is exactly...

Grow this Spring with Emotional Well-Being

Growing Confident, Caring, and Resilient Kids with Gratitude and Family Routines When springtime rolls around, farmers and amateur gardeners alike emerge from their homes to till the earth, plant seeds, give them water, and watch them grow. The practice of...