Healthy Child
Setting the Stage for Play to Find Us
My childhood memories revolve around playing endless games of tag, hide and seek, and running bases with my brothers. We also spent lots of time camping as a family, catching salamanders in culverts, fishing in remote rivers, and playing Marco Polo anywhere we went swimming. My father was a wonderful storyteller, teasing our imagination with…
Read MoreCultivating Resilience in Our Children
What makes one person robust in the face of adversity, and another fragile and weak? Human beings have the potential to be incredibly adaptive, but not everybody develops this capacity. It is not so much what happens to us, but our response to it that matters. I am fascinated with resilience, and how to cultivate…
Read MoreNavigating the Adolescent Years: Reclaiming our Youth
Many people shudder when thinking of parenting an adolescent. Indeed it can be a rite of passage for the adults responsible as well as for the teens involved. It is our job to help them cross the bridge from childhood to adulthood, and as with any transition, this can be a confusing, challenging and turbulent…
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