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Want Your Child to Sleep Better? Do this.

A new study concluded that almost half of children in the United States don’t get the recommended nine hours, and their lack of sleep is negatively impacting their development. This tool may change it all.

School Culture Affects Black Student Achievement

As students prepare to return to school this fall, there are many things for parents and educators to consider. We are still in the midst of a pandemic and living in an environment where racial disparities are being brought to the forefront where they can no longer be swept under...

Sometimes It's Hard, And That Isn't A Failure

We cannot shield our children from stress, heartache, and pain, especially as they grow older. And we can't protect them from mental illness. But we can provide them attachment and love them through it.

The Stories Kids Want To Tell About COVID

Our children grew up in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their brains developed in quarantine. Their bodies changed in lockdown. They are emerging from this as different people, and the impact it had on them is yet to be told. Here are 4 things we can do to support our children’s social-emotional...

3 Ways Parenting Can Heal Your Childhood Wounds

When our own childhood contained stress and trauma, the developmentally-appropriate behaviors of our children can be a big trigger. Here are 3 ways to heal your childhood wounds through parenting.

Emotional Education Helps Woman Finds Self-Love After Childhood Accident

After being in a traumatic accident, I viewed the world differently than every other eleven-year-old. My brain didn’t adapt as well as my body, and I wondered, "What's wrong with me?" Then, I found the one thing that was lacking in my childhood: emotional education. Here's my journey.

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Outcomes

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect, and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

Want Your Child to Sleep Better? Do this.

School Culture Affects Black Student Achievement

Sometimes It's Hard, And That Isn't A Failure

The Stories Kids Want To Tell About COVID

3 Ways Parenting Can Heal Your Childhood Wounds

Emotional Education Helps Woman Finds Self-Love After Childhood Accident

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Outcomes

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.