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How to have a healthy marriage – Part 1
According to the American Psychological Association “40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages is even higher.” With the odds of your marriage succeeding or failing effectively having a 50-50 chance,...
Improving your child’s social skills
For some children, interacting in a social setting comes naturally. For other children, however, knowing how to engage and intermingle with those around them is more difficult to handle. If your children are having difficulty in social settings, here are a few ideas...
Positive Co-parenting with your Ex
If you have children and have divorced/ separated from your spouse/partner you must now decide how to co-parent your children. The idea of doing this with a positive attitude may feel next to impossible, but for the sake of your children it is time to step up and be...
Managing Childhood Anxiety
Anxiety is a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. For many people feelings of anxiety are fleeting, but for others anxiety is a constant state that can get so...
How to Bully-Proof Your Children
With our kids heading back to school this month one topic on the minds of many parents is bullying. No one wants to think about their child being bullied, but alas it is a reality we must prepare our children for. Here are a few things you can do to bully-proof your...
Coping with Divorce – The Adult Edition
A while back we posted about helping kids cope with divorce. If you haven’t seen that post you can check it out here, but today mom and dad, we want to check in with you. Whether it’s amicable or volatile, coping with divorce can be difficult on the adults involved....
Finding a Balance in Parenting
For most people parenting is a full time job, but I would caution you to make sure that you find a healthy balance in taking care of your kids and taking care of yourself. There is a saying that “You can’t give from an empty cup” and too often parents sacrifice...
Keep up Physical Activity All Year Long
There’s a funny thing that happens when we let our bodies become inactive. Our muscles weaken, fat appears out of nowhere and suddenly becoming active again feels incredibly hard to do. We have merely days before school starts up again, but for the rest of this...
We are currently collecting school supplies to help Joshua House
It's that time of year again -- time to start getting ready for back to school. Be sure to swing by our office during business hours Monday through Thursday, where we will be collecting school supplies for Joshua House. Joshua House is a residential facility for...
Encouraging your kid to get a summer job
We’re a little more than half way through the summer, but there is still time to consider a summer job for older kids. When should you start encouraging your kids to get a summer job though? What about during the school year? Hopefully this post will help answer these...