All parents aim to support their children in becoming resilient individuals who can persist in the face of a challenge or adversity. However, a very serious threat to building that resilience is anxiety. Anxiety is a very real struggle and ignoring it can just make it snowball. While we don’t expect (or want) to eliminate anxiety altogether, we do want to find ways to manage it. Typically, accommodations for attentional and learning challenges allow individuals to perform to the best of their ability. But accommodating anxiety has the opposite effect. Therefore, other strategies need to be considered.
The holidays are coming, and for many parents, that means adding even more to your schedule. When we are overwhelmed, no one flourishes. By setting some clear intentions for the next couple of months, you can decrease the overwhelm and maybe even start some habits that will continue to pay off!
Considering when to seek counselling can be a big step for an individual; considering therapy for the whole family may seem like an impossible task. We know that individual mental health and behavioral challenges may be sustained by how a family relates to one another.
There can be no greater gift than a kind and gentle grandparent. However, it is a reality for many families that parents don’t get along with their own parents, resulting in a considerable amount of cross-generational conflict. How can we avoid conflict with our own parents, to facilitate healthy and positive relationships between grandparents and grandkids, when we don’t always agree on how things can or should be done?
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