FEELINGS

Taming The Beast

It started the minute Halloween was over -- magically, mysteriously, instantaneously -- the holiday decorations popped up in stores. The...

5 r's to the best summer ever

Summer vacation has officially begun. Now, I know that some of you have been off for a while, but some of us seem to be moving out of the...

THE GHOSTS OF HALLOWEEN PAST

Halloween was one of my favorite holidays. I am old enough to have taken part in the Halloweens that were just for kids. Gaggles of...

If YOU READ ONE ARTICLE ABOUT PARENTING READ THIS ONE

There seems to be a massive upsurge in well-meaning people telling you how to raise your kids. Or how not to, to be more exact. I get...

TIME FOR CHANGE

It's been a while that we've been cooped up with our families. And, if absence makes the heart grow fonder, is the opposite also true?

Now What?

A friend and I were on a Zoom® call the other day and, inevitably, the conversation turned to our kids...more precisely, being the...

Raising Confident Kids

There are words and phrases in our everyday language that actually chip away at our abilities; that have us doubt our worth, and this is als

Chicken Little

It seems that we are well on our way to becoming an (over) reactive society. Or maybe we're already there. These days, I'm often reminded...

Back to School Special

How ready are you? You've been through the supply list -twice. New clothes, shoes, backpacks, lunch boxes, locker accessories, and...

BEST YEAR EVER

Today was back to school for most students in NYC. As I troll through Facebook (after being away from it for a week), I smile at all the...

Monsters In The Closet

How to help your kids feel safe in a scary world. We were reminded, once again, of our mortality and the frailty of human life. I don't...