Sometimes the simplest tools can be the most powerful for connecting with our kids. Mancala, one of the oldest board games in the world,...

I've been trained to listen for the loud, shrill call of cicadas once summer hits each year in Texas. It’s how I know the ground has...

It Feels Like Your Home Is on Fire It feels like your home is on fire: siblings are fighting non-stop, the emotional rollercoaster seems...

When Words Cannot Be Expressed I’ve worked with children whose behaviors were so intense that nearly every adult in their life had...

Summer Isn’t Just a Break—It’s a Shift Summer break brings inherent complexity; a needed pause from the demands of school, but also a...

Finding Comfort and Wisdom in Ted Lasso When COVID-19 hit full force, Ted Lasso  (on AppleTV+) became a comfort show for me and many...

When I think about summer break as a teen myself, a few things come to mind. The smell of sunscreen mixed with chlorine, the cold plastic...

Parenting a teenager can sometimes feel like trying to solve a puzzle where the pieces keep shifting — frustrating, confusing, weird at...

It's 10pm and your teen is still glued to their phone. Again. You can't say that you're surprised and at the same time, you continue to...

Finals week in high school is overwhelming - for teens and  their parents. Between late-night studying, the mounting pressure of...

Yes, this is possible even when they seem to want nothing to do with you! Let me explain. One key task of adolescence is developing a...

Many of the teens that I've worked with have expressed that walking into a stranger's office space and sharing their deepest, darkest...

Adolescence (which begins at puberty and ends when one reaches adulthood, fully encompassing those teenage years) is a time marked by...