Contents: When you first separate and learn the ropes of single parenting, you will overcome many parenting challenges. However hard it might feel at the beginning, you will find a balance and a new way of parenting that works for you. In this article, I discuss a dilemma you might...
Key takeaways for caregivers Friendships play a critical role in children’s social and emotional development. Children with autistic traits have difficulty with socioemotional skills, putting them at risk for peer rejection. Autistic children who are also aggressive or disruptive are particularly vulnerable. Parents and teachers can support children with autism...
Most financial literacy courses, for kids or adults, are classist, racist, and patronizing. For kids, it is the most insidious. Hear me out, please… You will say, what’s wrong with learning to budget or learning how money works? The concept isn’t bad, but the way they teach it is terrible....
Imagine this: You’ve never seen a Rubik’s Cube before and, frankly, you have no prior experience working with puzzles of any kind. Yet you’ve been tasked with completing the Rubik’s Cube with no help. Oh, and you have to solve it in the next 30 minutes. This is how a...
On the surface, ADHD and OCD are seemingly impossible bedfellows. “Messy,” “hyperactive,” and “scatterbrained” are just a few common synonyms for the former, while the latter is frequently associated with being exceedingly clean, uptight, and meticulous. (While some of these assumptions about these disorders are accurate for some people, they...
Key takeaways for caregivers Parents, peers, and schools all represent crucial influences that shape how white1 adolescents make sense of racism and their actions toward social justice. Having explicit conversations with white youth about racism and embedding children in racially diverse environments that acknowledge race are essential to countering the...
Key takeaways Determining which children are in vulnerable situations and need assistance requires identifying the risk factors that they face. Helping street children involves bolstering protective factors that can reduce the impacts of the risks. Effective interventions to help at-risk children must be practical and flexible to their different needs,...
Last night I discovered that we had a week in the summer with absolutely nothing planned for the kids. This seems to happen every year. Time just gets away from us. That is why we create the last minute camp openings post every year to help parents find camp spots...
June 13, 2023 Whoever says the Adderall shortage is over is living on a different planet. I have dozens of patients who rely on Adderall and who panic every month. Whenever it’s time to refill their prescriptions, the drama begins: Where can I find the medication I need? This uncertainty...
Key takeaways for caregivers Building healthy relationships with technology involves not only protecting youth, but also supporting their positive experiences online. Helping middle schoolers navigate the digital world involves strategies similar to those used for their in-person activities: monitoring, spending time on the internet together when possible, educating them about...
In my first full-time job after finishing my master’s degree, I was put in charge a long-running project that was already years behind schedule. With strict, unrealistic timelines and insufficient resources, the project was mine to save. I’ve always been a high achiever, so I dove right in. Despite the...
I was unable to find a good obstetrician covered by my insurance for either of my two births. I even had good insurance for the first one. For the second one, I had horrendous insurance. It didn’t matter. In NYC, good obstetricians are hard to find. For my first birth,...
Contents: Just being a mother can be hard. There’s no training, no rulebook, no practice runs. But navigating the murky waters of divorce is another challenge altogether. And I’m not talking settlements and spouse support. I’m talking about the children involved. How do we ensure their little lives are relatively...
One of our favorite NYC services (also in LA and the Hamptons), Curated Care, now has an app! I used Curated Care to help fill in gaps in care for my little girl when she needed someone to hang out with while I worked, and it worked great. They provide...
We wanted the lowdown on how and when to teach our kids to swim. Who better to consult than a total expert? With over 12 years’ experience in Aquatics, Amy Whitsell currently holds a YMCA Lifeguard Instructor certification and has held lifeguarding certifications from the Red Cross as well. She...
This post is part of our series on Digital Media and Children Under 3, published with collaboration from the journal, Infant Behavior and Development. The featured research appeared in a special issue that focused on how young children engage with technology and ways that parents can facilitate media engagement to promote positive...
I never thought I’d have a life-changing revelation in the cereal aisle at Walmart, but that’s exactly what happened. As I tried to decide which breakfast option to buy, my thoughts went something like this: I don’t know what to get. I really want Cinnamon Toast Crunch. But I can’t...
The day before our wedding, the entire city of Sydney became blanketed by heavy red dust. I woke up coughing, I could taste dirt in my mouth, and my bedroom was filled with a rusty glow.“Of course the bloody apocalypse would happen the day before my wedding,” I thought to...
