By: Lindsey Bernhardt

Just last week I found myself in a situation where I was privy to both frustrating behaviors and acts of kindness from the adults around me. I found myself in a hospital...

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

As I was driving recently, I was listening to an NPR segment about different approaches to crime and punishment. The segment interviewed someone well-versed in research on...

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

There are days in parenting that don’t go easily. Days when your child is in a bad mood. Days when everything seems to go wrong. Days when the external stressors seem...

By: Lindsey Bernhardt

Have you ever noticed when someone around you yawns, you find yourself yawning too? Scientists believe that one reason this happens is because of your mirror neurons....

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

For a of reasons, kids don’t always have the ability to tell us how they feel. Sometimes a kid may not know how they feel, have the language to express it, or...

By: Lauren Covone

Ready or not, the back-to-school season is upon us! You may be a parent who is desperately clinging onto the final days of summer and dreading the hustle and bustle of the school...

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

There was a fascinating thing that happened right when the covid lockdowns started in 2020– initially, most people seemed to sort of relish the opportunity to be at...

By: Lindsey Bernhardt

I often hear our CEO, Josh MacNeill, share a quote he heard from Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, where she says, "What's predictable is preventable". This short, but impactful,...

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

Last week, my 9-year-old son had a soccer game that was uncharacteristically late in the evening. A few days before his game, he asked me if he could skip his game. In his...

Your child gets home from school and asks for a snack. Upon entering the house, he throws his coat and bookbag onto the ground and runs to the kitchen pantry to get something to eat. Following his...

By: Alexandra Murtaugh

If you have a toddler, or have had a toddler in the last 5 years, you may be familiar with YouTube sensation, Ms. Rachel. Ms. Rachel’s videos are developed using...

By: Lindsey Bernhardt

I cannot tell you how many times I have parents tell me that they made a mistake. Perhaps they yelled at their kid, maybe overacted, gave too harsh a punishment, or whatever...