Author: Christina M. Dennis
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The Homework Conundrum
Homework in elementary school is one of those “normal” practices we rarely stop to interrogate. It has been around forever. Families expect it. Schools defend it. And kids drag it home in crumpled folders after a full day of doing their best to hold it together. Lately I have been seeing the homework debate flare…
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This Season, Choose Love
The holidays have a way of magnifying everything. Love feels bigger, joy feels louder, loneliness can feel sharper, and our differences, the ones we usually ignore for the sake of our own sanity, are suddenly highlighted and magnified because of tradition. ‘And by golly, this is how we do it because this is how great-granddaddy…
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Restraint Collapse in Children – Why kids “lose it” after school.
Parents of young kids know how quickly their moods can change. One minute they’re bounding out of school all smiles, and the next, meltdown city. If this rollercoaster feels familiar, your child may be experiencing something called after-school restraint collapse. Restraint collapse is a term coined by psychotherapist Andrea Loewen Nair in 2017. It describes…
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The Bittersweet Pride In Watching Them Grow
“Thank God I do know how to make their favorite meals to bring them back to my table. – Sheila Hunt” This summer was different. Not just that it was so freaking rainy and HOT, but different for me as the mom of 3 boys. We had the usual… run to practices and games and…
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Pray for our children, pray for our schools, Pray for each other
At the end of summer, my husband and I usually host a little breakfast called Prayers and Pancakes. It’s open to anyone who wants to join us. This year, with so many busy schedules and a lighter response, we decided to cancel the breakfast—but not the prayers. In creating this post, I draw on my…
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