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Planting Season: The Long Game of Raising Kids
In the ancient redwood forests of Northern California, something remarkable happens when a tree falls - and once you see it, you can't go back. When an ancient redwood falls, its offspring don't disappear with it. They rise. A ring of younger trees sprouts from...
Supporting Your Child through Back to School Season
Well folks, here we are again: the start of another school year. With summer vacations, activities and camps, and unstructured downtime coming to a close, it’s unsurprising that kids are groaning at the concept of returning to school. For any transition we can expect an...
Why Is My Child Melting Down This Summer (Part 2)
How to Reset the Summer Without Shame—and Support Emotional Regulation In Part 1 , we explored why summer can be so emotionally destabilizing for kids, and why it deserves far more empathy than punishment. From unpredictable routines to the social overwhelm of new camps and...
Why Is My Child Melting Down This Summer? (Part 1)
How Summer Dysregulation Shows Up—and Why It Deserves Empathy Every June, we hear the same question from parents in our practice: “Why is my child acting like this?” Maybe it started with a meltdown getting out the door to camp. Maybe it’s refusal to brush...