By: Alexandra Murtaugh

My cousin is coming to visit me in the coming weeks and she is seeing two of my kids play in their respective soccer games. She asked me how they’d respond if she was cheering ...

By: Lindsey Bernhardt

When the leaves begin to change, the cool winds pick up, and the sky grows darker earlier, we know that autumn is upon us. In preparation, we bring out our heavy coats, our favo...

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 surroun...

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 crim...

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 to pile u...

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. Like the w...

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 understand why th...

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 ye...

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 home and re...

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, stateme...

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 last...

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 foo...