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Taming The Beast

It started the minute Halloween was over -- magically, mysteriously, instantaneously -- the holiday decorations popped up in stores. The ads on TV are all about what you need this holiday - everything from canned food to cars. The toys catalogs are being promoted as the ultimate reading material for kids - we wouldn’t want to miss out on the “must-have” stuff of the season. It’s no wonder most kids are suffering from a bad case of the “gimmes”! Just the other day, after finis

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GOOD BYE SUMMER

I always feel a little melancholic when September comes around. It signals changes - summer turning into fall, the end of days spent at the beach, a certain loss of freedom. September is a time for transition and transitions can be difficult. But, then again, we've been through a lot of transitions in 2020. Nothing is quite the same. As I troll through Facebook, the lack of the first day of school pictures is glaring - I miss the captured moments -students looking fresh, brig

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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 first day of school pictures - students looking fresh, bright-eyed, and bushy tailed with happy faces (mostly) holding signs that say "the first day of (insert appropriate grade)." There are many memes of happy parents doing their happy dances, others sending their babies off with tissues in hand with a small amount of regret and a big dose

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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 know about you, but the mass shooting in Las Vegas shook me to my very core. I look for reasons, for someone to blame. And then, one of my 8 year-old clients decided to have a discussion with me about it. I realized he was trying to figure out this world we live in and was looking to me for wisdom and advice. (expletive deletive!!!) So, I ha

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Taming The Beast

GOOD BYE SUMMER

TIME FOR CHANGE

BEST YEAR EVER

Monsters In The Closet

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