January 5, 2022

Standing Against the Entitlement Mentality

When I think of entitlement, I can’t help but recall Veruca Salt, the little girl in the red dress in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” […]
January 4, 2022

Help Your Child Make Healthy Decisions Based on Self-Choice

At some point in the middle or high school years, most every child is going to wrestle with peer pressure and confront those three dreaded little […]
January 3, 2022

How To Talk About School Violence

It is important to talk to your children about school violence. School shootings have sadly become a recurrent threat to students in the past few years. […]
January 2, 2022

Social Media Platforms

Although there are many platforms accessible to children today, offenders have reportedly contacted or directed children to use the following most often: social networking (Facebook, Instagram, […]
December 28, 2021

Creating a Family Mission Statement

  What do we believe as a family? What are our rules for being happy together? A great way to become more aligned is to create […]
December 24, 2021

Putting Yourself on the Priority List

They say you cannot serve anyone from an empty cup. However, too many of us relegate our own needs to the back-burner, chronically beholden to our […]
December 20, 2021

Digital Footprint or Thumbprint

Did you know that every time you go online, you leave a trail—a record of what you casually browse on the web, what you post on […]
December 18, 2021

Involved Parenting Builds Enduring Connections

  When parents take time off to relax and recharge, kids learn that taking care of themselves is important. Puff says modeling plays a critical role […]
December 17, 2021

Put Your Heart Into It

  Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans, taking more lives each year than all cancers combined. According to a new report from the American […]