Category: parenting
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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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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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