Children & Teens

picky eating

“Just try one bite.” If eating were that simple, most families struggling with food would have...

thanksgiving

You’ve spent hours preparing Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone sits down, and your child takes one look at...

pathological demand avoidance

Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) – increasingly reframed by the neurodivergent and autistic community as a...

toilet anxiety

Toilet training is one of those developmental milestones that can look remarkably different from one child...

Child

By: Nina Deer It’s officially fall sports season, and games are ramping up. Parents are spending...

School Refusal Should Be Considered A Psychiatric Emergency

Your child has a 504 Plan. They get extended time on tests. Maybe they can take...

Values

Anxiety treatment asks you to do something that can feel pretty strange at first: move toward...

ODD vs Bipolar

When a child is frequently irritable, explosive, argumentative, or seems to go from 0 to 100...

How to Manage Your Emotions While Preserving Your Relationship

My Teen Wants a Whole New Look. Should I Worry? One of the biggest surprises for...

The Crash

I recently watched “The Crash” with my two teenagers (19 and 17), and beyond the tragedy...

Raising Kids in a Scary World

Between school shooting headlines, pandemic fallout, immigration raids, airline crashes, wars, natural disasters, and nonstop social...

ARFID

If you’ve ever wondered, “Is this just picky eating?” you’re not alone. Many kids go through...

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