It was observed that the AR reflective reading approach encouraged parents to play an active role in guided reading. Children and parents were positive about their active participation in the AR-mediated exploratory reading context. With the AR guided support and skill-building activity, parents ...
Parents often ask me, “What should I do if my son wants to wear makeup?” or, “Should I let my daughter dress in masculine clothes?” Many loving, caring parents simply don’t know how to raise a child that wants to live outside of the gender binary of male and f...
While a young adult is just that—an adult—they are still your child. Even though your relationship has changed, that doesn’t mean you can’t still be a supportive and secure influence in their lives. Education consultant Jennifer Miller recommends parents take on a coaching approach, by he...
How are you to trust an adult if you feel an adult is not walking their talk? If you feel an adult isn’t facing themselves? How are you going to trust an adult if you know an adult isn’t really going to listen to you? How do you know when you are really being heard? Being ...
Click here for an article on how to help someone who you think is self-harming How to start the conversation: 1: Choose a good moment and be ready to help them. Calmly approach them and assess the situation. Choose a quiet room, where you won’t be interrupted, where they will feel ...
Staggered entry: Allowing your child to arrive before or after the morning rush can reduce anxiety about crowded hallways. Regular check-ins: Establishing a trusted adult (like a guidance counselor) who meets with your child regularly or on an as-needed basis can provide comfort and...
Given Gen X's experiences, Thiegs has found the generation thinks differently about their dollars and how to use them. It's an equation, he said, that increasingly includes children and other family members. "They've broadened into a more holistic view of money," Thiegs sa...
Brown, J. M. (2016). Recurrent grief in mothering a child with an intellectual disability to adulthood: Grieving is the healing.Child & Family Social Work, 21(1), 113–122.https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12116 ArticleGoogle Scholar Bruns, D., & Foerster, K. (2011). ‘‘We’ve been th...
An estimated 22 million girls are married globally, with more than one half of south Asian girls married before the age of 18 [1]. Child brides, defined by UNICEF as married before age 18 years, usually have older partners and more frequent, less protected sex than their unmarried, sexually...
Professionals and families working together must identify the individual supports each child needs to ensure that the young child with multiple disabilities is an active participant in all aspects of their lives and makes meaningful progress toward valued life outcomes....