Family traditions sustain bonding and connection with loved ones. Create thoughtful traditions that are meaningful to your family, embracing the changes to come while also honouring the past.

There's an upswing in conversations around "gratitude" during the holiday season. In an incredibly difficult year, this can be a challenge for some. As you make holiday plans, take this opportunity...

With school years cut short and play-dates and birthday parties canceled for months on end, COVID has brought stress and uncertainty to our young ones. Some children have endured difficult situatio...

Empathy is a key ingredient in positive friendships and relationships. It reduces conflict and misunderstandings and leads to helping behavior, kindness, and even greater success in life in genera...

The feeling of achieving a goal is great! But sometimes the feeling of working to improve, getting better, and trying new things is even greater. When our kids become successful at something, we wa...

How many times has our (well-intentioned) feedback and advice been met with a blank stare? Or worse, a negative and defensive reaction? It’s only natural for children to resist feedback, especiall...

As a new parent, you may have heard about the importance of instilling a growth mindset in your child. If you get it right, a growth mindset can be a powerful thing. A recent study even showed it c...

Is your child self-critical and easily frustrated? Does he feel uncomfortable with new challenges or particularly difficult tasks? If so, your child may be a perfectionist. To many people, this do...

We know that a sense of agency and control is key to happiness. Decades of research at the University of Pennsylvania shows that when people believe they can change their circumstances, they feel m...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, screen time for kids and parents has become much more complicated. Stay-at-home orders required social lives to go online, remote learning has added hours of screen ti...

As parents, our instinct is to rush to the rescue when our children struggle. We want to say, “Don’t worry! I’ll fix it!” In the long-term, however, this “helpful” behavior only hurts our children....

Teens and tweens are reforming boundaries and expectations as they prepare for adulthood, and increasing autonomy helps them thrive. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and families alike...