Parenting
Christmas Letter 2024
Dear Parents, As Christmas approaches, I would like to offer some things for your consideration that might help your children, and you get through the holidays more easily this year. Christmas is stressful for everyone, but especially for children with troubling pasts. It is best to focus on your relationship with your children first and…
Read More“Brain-Body Parenting” Part 3
Summary of Brain-Body Parenting: Green, Blue, and Red Pathways by Delahooke “Brain-Body Parenting” introduces a framework that helps parents understand their child’s emotional and physiological responses to parenting challenges through three pathways: green, blue, and red. Each pathway represents a different state, influencing how children act. Green Pathway: The green pathway symbolizes a state of…
Read MoreFavorite Family Quotes – Part B
I thought this week I would just share part 2 of my favorite family quotes, hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I do: “Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.”― Robin…
Read MoreParenting your child
This week I would like to focus on a book by Dr Brie Turns-Coe “Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Were”. Dr Brie is a therapist at Family Christian Counseling Center who has extensive experience working with children and families. In her book she gives help to parents in understanding and responding…
Read MoreChatGBT
Imagine a teenager who does not want to talk with his parents about an issue turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to seek help and understanding. I was just reading about students using chatGBT in place of a therapist. A recent example of this is the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) support chatbot, which recommended weight…
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