Have you have worried about your child because they are behind in some of their developmental milestones. Maybe your child doesn’t play well with others. Maybe they always want to play alone and if they do play with other kids, it is more “parallel play” meaning they will play next to another child but not with another child. Maybe you have been defensive because a friend or family member has questioned you wondering if there was something wrong with your child.

How do we stay resilient and help our children stay mentally tough against what appears to be a growing occurrence of all types of bullying in schools? It wasn’t even until 2014 until the federal government released the first federal definition of bullying. Basically, the CDC narrowed bullying down to four areas. They were physical, verbal, relational/social, and damage to property of someone. Growing up in the 80s and 90s I heard about bullying but only witnessed it one t

People inherently don't want to be controlled. Thus, when people tell us what to do we instinctively often want to do the opposite. It is...