Posts Tagged ‘communication’
Let’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 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 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…
Read MoreIdentifying and Managing Exhaustion in Kids
Some kids get exhausted. Exhaustion means extreme mental or physical fatigue. It also results from enervation, a feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; a weariness and fatigue that occurs when kids feel depleted due to stress. Different youngsters with a wide range of needs, beliefs, opinions, imaginings, intentions and goals may be suffering…
Read MoreThe Idea of Goodness
Goodness is a quality that is hard to define yet is especially important during this time when the welfare of all of us is at stake. It’s a time when we need to aim at knowledge of our situation and in the quest of developing a clear conceptualization of possibilities and options that can lead…
Read More9 Year Old’s Thoughts About Technology Used by Kids
My Parent’s Rules About Using Technology Permission Technology is not to be used without permission granted by a parent. For permission to be granted a time limit must be set. Usage The site that is being used has to be known to a parent. You may not buy or use money in any way on…
Read MoreHow Parents Handle Teen Romantic Relationships During the Pandemic
How parents relate to their teens and young adults or late adolescents with regard to their romantic relationships during the Pandemic is based to a large extent on the parent-teen relationship pre-COVID. Middle and late adolescence is certainly the time we expect young people to want relationships to grow and if they have had open…
Read MoreAre Your Kids Exhausted?
Exhaustion is extreme mental or physical fatigue, a depletion of resources. If you find your kids are exhausted, there are ways to help them and understand with them what they are going through.. SIGNS OF EXHAUSTION While the following signs may have many causes they can alert you to childhood exhaustion. weariness and fatigue drained…
Read MoreHow Do Busy Parents Manage Technology with Kids During the Months Ahead?
In the months ahead some children will be attending school in person with masks on and others will do so online. These choices are difficult because the risks are unclear, but technology is center stage in either case. Parents and teachers are looking closely into the healthiest ways for kids of all ages to use…
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