Tag: COVID 19
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Practical Parenting: I’m Bored
I think it’s necessary to let kids get bored once in a while – that’s how they learn to be creative. Kim Raver My son recently came to me the other day, telling me, “Pappa, I’m bored.” My heart sank. As a psychotherapist, I know that boredom is the primary way children communicate their feelings…
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Hope… Burning Passions to Weather the Storm
Inspirational Quote It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest…
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Laugh… It’s Nature’s Best Medicine
Inspiration Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. Mark Twain The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Got Stress? I think with the development of COVID 19 we have a faced a little bit of the S word lately. That is why I decided to…
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Managing 3 Major Life Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic – An Article by Melissa Howard
I want to personally Thank Melissa Howard for writing this great article and the resources she provides at her website Stop Suicide. I hope you enjoy the valuable resources she provides our community. Managing 3 Major Life Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic A couple of months ago, you probably began each morning by waking up…
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Practical Parenting: Will We Survive the Storm
Practical Parenting During COVID 19 Hope you enjoy. Began this project earlier this week. I am utilizing YouTube as a live broadcasting forum to answer your question regarding psychology, parenting, and other issues during this unprecedented time. In this segment, I explore in a live Q and A Session the nuances of raising children during…
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Inspiration: Parenting… The Power of Belief
Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first. Matthew Jacobson Practical Parenting What do you want to be when you grow up? Perhaps the greatest question that should…
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Inspiration: Put the Fun in Dysfunctional
Daily Inspiration “Silence is golden. Unless you have kids, then… silence is just suspicious.” (Anonymous) The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable. (Anonymous) Practical Parenting Dysfunction anyone? Wow, who would of thought that work would be such a welcome and novel idea. Week one…