Kids & Parenting

Caring for Children’s Mental Health: Why It’s So Important

By |July 15th, 2022|Categories: Kids & Parenting|

It can be heartbreaking to watch children struggle with mental health issues. Mental health statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that approximately 2.7 million children aged 3 to 17 live with depression. However, if you’re the parent of a child living with mental illness, do not be [...]

6 Reasons to Teach Your Child the Skill of Gratitude

By |April 22nd, 2022|Categories: Kids & Parenting, Self-knowledge & Dreams|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We are surrounded by a huge variety of things: some feel boring, some nice. However, our attention easily focuses on what is not well - this has been an absolutely essential skill for human survival. However, scanning for threats, unpleasantries, and “what I don’t have” is exhausting. Also for [...]

5 real superhero skills that help a child improve self-esteem and survive in life

By |April 14th, 2022|Categories: Kids & Parenting|Tags: , , , , , , , |

I had been scrolling through a superhero imagery recently, and I was a little appalled that the superheroes that kids would like to identify with are dry muscular figures. Yes, I understand that superheroes are super partly, because they are unreal fantasy characters. However, these superhero figures provide a [...]

A letter to my child – “I hope I will succeed in making you believe that you are special”

By |January 14th, 2022|Categories: Kids & Parenting|

My darling child, When you were born, I felt like I was looking at a miracle. A new and precious life in my arms. How on earth would I be able to be the kind of mother who would not presume things about you or push you a towards [...]

Your child doesn’t know that you’re angry because you are in a hurry, they will think you’re angry at them

By |July 9th, 2021|Categories: Kids & Parenting, Stress & Anxiety|Tags: , , , |

I've worked very hard to be able to have peaceful mornings with my children. I hate having to rush the kids to get dressed and then rush to daycare. I realized something during one of these precious peaceful mornings. Something that made my heart sink. Me and my two-year-old [...]

When you’re in a hurry, you turn into a selfish idiot with no consideration for others

By |October 12th, 2020|Categories: Kids & Parenting, Stress & Anxiety|Tags: , , , |

My husband and I were taking our five-year-old daughter to daycare. She was cycling with her little bike, and since no one else was on the road, we gave her permission to speed up towards the double gates on top of a hill. There was a space between the [...]

4 ways to make your child feel special and to build their self-esteem

By |September 1st, 2020|Categories: Kids & Parenting|Tags: , , , , |

How can we as adults and parents do our very best to make children feel special and approved – just as they are, not adding anything or taking away anything from their precious existence? Every child deserves to be seen and heard, to have faith in themselves, and to [...]