Signs of Depression in Children
Does your child seem unusually sad, irritable or quiet lately? Such changes in mood could be due to a temporary stress in life. But how do you know if it’s something more? Read more >>
Signs of Depression in Children
Does your child seem unusually sad, irritable or quiet lately? Such changes in mood could be due to a temporary stress in life. But how do you know if it’s something more? Read more >>
Can My School Aged Child Really Be Depressed? – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Children often experience a rollercoaster of emotions, even on a good day. But prolonged symptoms of sadness, irritability, short-temper, change in eating or sleeping habits or lost concentration or interest could be signs of depression. How do you know what’s Read more >>
Launching: Transition Age Youth – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Growing up is a process of moving toward independence, becoming your own person and meeting your own needs. “Launching” refers to the parental role in their child’s transition into adulthood. This process looks different for everyone — a bumpier or Read more >>
The School-to-Work Transition for Young Adults with ADHD
The school-to-work transition can take longer for young adults with ADHD, who don’t mature at the same pace as their peers. Here’s how parents can nudge without pushing. Read more >>
Book: Getting to 30 — A Parent’s Guide to the 20-Something Years
The road to adulthood is longer than we think—and, for parents, bumpier. Getting to 30: A Parent’s Guide to the 20-Something Years addresses the new reality for parents of kids in their 20s and the issues that everyone is talking Read more >>
When Kids Grow Up: How to Support Adult Children Without Hovering
There’s no shortage of advice for managing the early years of parenting, but a child’s journey from late adolescence to early adulthood can be just as challenging for parents, maybe even more so. This stage often requires a significant shift Read more >>
Finding Stability After an Autism Diagnosis
An autism diagnosis can bring denial, confusion, or — in some cases — relief. But in order to move past difficult feelings and provide the right support for your child, you need to create and maintain a stable home environment. Read more >>
Helping Teens Weather the Blow of College Rejection Letters
If you have a senior in high school, you probably know that the last of the college-admissions decisions for the class of 2022 will land in the coming days. Maybe your teen got into their dream school. If that’s the Read more >>
7 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Persist at Tasks They Resist
Children will avoid expending energy on tasks for all sorts of reasons, whether they think they’re boring, irrelevant or frustrating, or they want to protect their ego or feel pressure to perform. Although it can be easy to engage in Read more >>
Parents Who Raise Resilient, Socially Intelligent Kids Do These 5 Things
Kids, especially teens and tweens, sometimes need validation that what they are thinking and feeling is normal and okay. In fact, psychologists believe that validation is one of the most powerful parenting tools, and yet it is often left out Read more >>