Category: Toddlers & Preschoolers
3 Steps to Happy Holidays with Young Children
Posted onThe holiday season can be a time of great joy and great stress, especially for families with young children. The challenges of managing family routines, work/life balance, and preserving family and cultural traditions can be daunting! […]
Finding the Right Therapist Can Be Like Speed Dating
Posted onThe search for the right therapist can be a lot like speed dating. It can feel tedious, exhausting, daunting, even annoying. You may have to go through several consultations or first sessions to find the “right […]
World Mental Health Day
Posted onWorld Mental Health Day is October 10th and the theme for 2022 is “Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority.” What does this mean for working parents? Consider this dilemma: “The “ideal […]
Does Peace At Home Parenting make you nervous?
Posted onHere at Peace At Home we sometimes worry about making you nervous. Let’s talk about it. If you are a Peace At Home parent you have likely made some changes in the way you think about […]
A Perfect Storm for U.S. Working Families
Posted onChildren’s Mental Health Crisis and Working Parent Burnout: Companies Can Help One definition of a perfect storm is “a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors.” We are seeing precisely this condition […]
The Kids are Not All Right:
7 Steps to Make Your Home Their Safe Place
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By Ruth E. Freeman, LCSW, David Hanscom, MD, and Aaron Weintraub,MS The experts have declared a “pediatric mental health emergency.” Children and teens are more depressed, more anxious, more at risk of self-harm and suicide than […]
A Mindful Transition into Summer
Posted onAs the summer is upon us, many families are looking at their calendars and wondering how to make the most of their time together. Some parents are working from home, juggling child care and their jobs. […]
The Kids Are Not Alright – How Can Parents Help?
Posted onIf you are worried about your child’s mental health or emotional well-being, you are not alone. More than 150 organizations led by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and […]
Positive Routines for Toddlers: Eat, Play, and Sleep
Posted onYou are your child’s first teacher. Together you and your child will learn what is needed to support their learning to do things. Children’s inborn preferences and responses to experience, their temperament, will help guide you. […]
Fill Your Own Cup
Posted onAs parents, we spend our days worrying about and taking care of those around us. But when was the last time that you thought about the one piece that connects the rest of the puzzle— yourself? […]