Children Observe Parents Carefully for Signposts About Our World
Children take the business of growing up seriously these days. Faced with the restrictions of COVID resulting in limited social contacts, they may often feel unheard and alone. They hear about vaccinations coming, but they’re hardly first on the list. Neither are their parents. And their grandparents keep waiting for more vaccines to arrive at…
Read MoreHOW TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE ELECTION IF YOU’RE 9 YEARS OLD
Think about blobfish! What is a blobfish? A blobfish is a special fish that has no swim bladder and almost no bones. It belongs to the phycrudlade Family of fish. Fun Facts About the Blobfish What’s more intriguing than one of the ugliest creatures in the sea? At the ocean’s surface, blobfish are undoubtedly a…
Read MoreLet’s Applaud and Love Our Ten-Year-Olds
Recent national events that have been before us unhidden and unbidden for years in our adult lives are now encroaching on our children. Last week they heard words like “siege” and “insurrection” as they heard adults question the longevity of democracy. For more than a year now they have been attentive to the rules surrounding…
Read MoreSigns or Symptoms Disguised as Anxiety
What are some specific signs/symptoms people might confuse for anxiety but are not symptoms of a disorder? These can be anything from normal feelings of worry, to signs of other mental health conditions that may be confused for anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is an emotional and biological condition that is mimicked by other symptoms such as…
Read MoreCOVID BUBBLES
A great new phenomena has arisen where a small group, always the same people, often family members or a few very close friends, get tested frequently and can hang out together inside and out without masks. I call this the COVID BUBBLE. If you belong to a COVID BUBBLE you essentially lock down mostly otherwise,…
Read MoreHow to Help Our Tweens & Teens with School in Today’s World
Some kids go to school online frequently using Google Meet. Others attend school in small classes. And yet many also go back and forth between the two settings depending on how the virus is or isn’t spreading. Our children are caught in this web and parents need to fill in the gaps. It doesn’t mean…
Read MoreNarcissistic Parents at Home During the Pandemic
In the Midst of World Changes, Will Narcissists See the Light? Will narcissists see the lights as history is being made around them? Spouses, parents, children, and others are quarantined in their homes. How does the narcissistic man fare in these close quarters? Can he relinquish his need for superiority, endless rants of all his…
Read MoreHow to Raise Kids to Not Become Narcissistic Adults
Narcissism is in the political wind today. How do parents raise their kids to grow up to be empathic, industrious, happy adults with healthy mutual relationships? Meet Your Child’s Needs without Overindulgence Having early childhood needs for dependence and independence are normal. When met in a timely, developmentally appropriate, empathic manner the child learns his…
Read MoreThe Art of William De Kooning
Known and most popular for his abstract expressionism De Kooning has a long career with much ambiguity in his pictorial work as well. He is well known for his active brushwork, charcoal over drawing, and biomorphic forms. Visible revisions and changes in figure paintings reveal fragmented images and multilayered paint surfaces. After WWII he was…
Read MoreReducing Election Anxiety in American Families
During turbulent times, a national election stirs anxiety due to intense preoccupation about the health and welfare of all the people in our nation—adults and children. To allay this anxiety in adults taking active steps to participate in the election reduces a sense of helplessness held by individuals facing the spiraling of COVID 19 and…
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