The Opposite of FOMO
Figuring out how to balance my teens’ natural aversion to leaving their comfort zones and honoring their awareness of themselves is tricky business.
Figuring out how to balance my teens’ natural aversion to leaving their comfort zones and honoring their awareness of themselves is tricky business.
Parents need advice on how to handle their extremely clingy toddler who gets incredibly upset if she’s not carried. Is this an emotional or behavioral reaction that she’s having?
Have a little one who gets a little scared during Halloween? Or has other fears and anxieties. Amalah has written a beautifully illustrated and customizable book that explains that fear is a normal emotion and helps children understand it’s OK if they don’t feel brave all the time.
As I try to prepare both my kid for college and myself for her launch out of the nest next year, I’m realizing my worrying strategy may be skewed.
We’ve all missed an illness or worse-than-we-realized injury in our little kids, but does it stop happening when they get older? Not exactly. At least we’re not alone.
A toddler is falling asleep by self-soothing and pulling out tufts of her own hair. Clearly her mom is concerned. What can she do?
An expectant mom is experiencing high anxiety from the extraordinary amount of very detailed and unsolicited advice she is getting from her mother and in-laws so early in her pregnancy. She needs help setting boundaries.
A mom will be separated from her toddler while on a business trip for the first time. She can’t seem to put out her concerns and fears, about being away from her child, out of her head. What can she do about this parental separation anxiety?
A remodeling project is always fraught, but throw soon-to-fly-the-coop teens into the mix, and I’m even more neurotic than usual. Surprise.
A young child just won’t stay in his bed no matter what his parents try and it’s clear that fear of staying in his bed alone is at the root of the problem.
When you know you need to set boundaries with your mother-in-law, especially as life becomes more intertwined with a baby on the way, but don’t know how.
A teacher is at home full-time this summer with a toddler and an infant, and each morning dreads the super long intensive daylight parenting hours ahead of her. Is there more to this than just the new summer schedule? Amalah thinks maybe.
How do you talk to young children about the topic of death? Is it best handled as a sit-down serious discussion, or should questions be answered as they come up?
One of the “joys” of home ownership is all of the unplanned ways in which you get to spend extra money! And it’s making me question my life choices.
A mom is overwhelmed by the daily challenges of raising two young children in an overscheduled world. Amalah helps her prioritize.
A toddler has been experiencing atypical separation anxiety since her first few weeks of life. Her mom is not satisfied with the answers she has received thus far. What should she do now?
The pediatrician would like to put her three-year old son on SSRIs because of his aggressive behavior. Mom is conflicted since she because her son hasn’t had any behavioral assessment or therapy. She wants advice.
A mom is incredibly worried about the new presidential administration’s (coupled with an already conservative Congressional majority) proposed and expected actions on the day-to-day life of her family. What can she do to stem her anxiety?
Your kid is going to sleepaway camp. How to stop crying and enjoy the time you have while they’re away.
Concern about keeping young kids safe around a family dog has led to lots of family drama that could have been avoided. Can family peace be restored?