Kids, Teens, & Parenting
Can a 10-Year-Old Have an Existential Crisis?
My son Will can’t control the fate of the entire animal kingdom, and he knows it. But he can control what is on his plate, and this is why he became a vegetarian when he was 10 years old. It hadn’t come out of nowhere. Since he was five or six, he’d regularly talked about…
Read MoreSigns of Teen Burnout and How Parents Can Help
School is back in session, which means an overload of assignments, tests, deadlines, and social pressure for your teen — and a front-row seat for you. If your once-motivated kid suddenly seems exhausted, short-tempered, or like they’re just going through the motions, you might be watching teen burnout happen in real time. You’re not imagining…
Read MoreWhy Self-Care is Important For Your Teen’s Well-Being
By: Hannah Fillinger Life as a teenager can sometimes feel overwhelming, with school, social life, extracurricular activities, and other responsibilities competing for your time and attention. When life gets busy, it can be easy to forget to take care of yourself. This is where self-care comes in. What Is Self-Care? The term “self-care” has become…
Read MoreBehind the Behavior: Executive Functioning in Teens
Your teen can explain a complicated concept, master the strategy behind a new game, and remember an astonishing amount of information about their favorite subject. Then they forget to submit the assignment they already completed, lose their water bottle for the third time this week, and appear genuinely surprised that the science project is due…
Read MoreSupporting Your Teen Through Grief
Grief is one of the most painful, confusing experiences we go through as humans. The permanence of death is hard to grapple with, and it often arrives wrapped in denial, shock, anger, and sadness — sometimes all in the same hour. As adults, our own pain and the bigger questions loss raises about life and…
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