Try taking a step back from arguments in order to understand what our children our are trying to tell us.

Warning: this post is about medical stuff and science. Although it might not be what you want to read from a blog that’s supposed to be relaxing and not headache inducing, you will learn valuable information that will change your life. So if I were you, I would put my glasses on and take notes . . . Wouldn’t it ...

By Cara Maksimow, LCSW, CPC Mindfulness seems to be everywhere lately. Just today I read on the Action for Happiness Facebook page and mindful.org that the UK became the first country to publish an all-party parliamentary report on the benefits of mindfulness. That is huge! Just a few weeks ago my 11 year old was excited to tell me they ...

After reading “The Sweet Spot” in Huffington Post Parents, I started thinking about why many of us are obsessed with the perfect parenting day. You know the one, where everything goes right, there are no conflicts, no scrapes, no sibling rivalrys, no heartaches, and everyone goes to bed on time.