Your kid is having a hard time at school. What’s a parent to do to help them?
4 things you can try when your student is struggling in school.

Asking for help at school for our kids can be really hard.

What’s a parent to do?
Here are 5 questions to ask your teacher when you think your child needs more help at school.

Does your child’s school still teach handwriting? And I don’t mean just spend a month or two on it. I mean actively include handwriting in the everyday curriculum. Hopefully yes, but likely not as much as they should.

Handwriting is a KEY component of literacy. Some argue just as important as reading. Read about why it’s so important and the red flags you can watch for.

Getting a phone call or email from school that something’s gone wrong or our kid’s in trouble can send any parent into panic.

But before we react from a place of fear or anger, let’s take a deep breath and find a calmer way to respond.

Wondering why your teen can’t follow through or seems overly emotional?

The key might be the teenage brain!
Their growing and developing brains can tell us a lot about what’s happening with our teens.

Why is it important to talk with your kid’s teacher anyway?

Clear communication between parents and teachers is actually a critical part of success for kids! It’s true.

We hear this Executive Function phrase all the time, but what exactly is it anyway?

Guest blogger Carrie Bonnet, an Executive Function Coach, gives us a great overview for parents. Her mantra = Blame the brain, not the child.

It’s time again for all the new, full of potential school supplies.

But what’s important and what’s not needed? And how can you save some $ too?
Check out our list of tried and true basics plus some kid supporting supplies too.

4 myths about back to school for kids struggling with school.

I hear so many mis-truths and misconceptions about kids who struggle at school that it’s past time to bust some myths before school starts again.

Family vacations aren’t usually relaxing.

Our recent trip had more than it’s share of challenges, but I learned some things too. Here are 5 lessons learned over summer vacation.

Transitions are hard for kids.

School’s out for summer. Kids should be celebrating but instead the transition can be pretty rocky. But why? Here are 5 tips to help you through.

Guest post

If your child is struggling, you are probably also struggling to manage your feelings.

One quick Emotional First Aid tool to use right now.

Spring chaos isn’t just for kids. It can be pretty difficult for us parents too.
What’s a parent to do when the homework hassles, endless shuttling, and worn out school routine feel never-ending?
5 ideas for beating the spring overwhelm for parents.

Spring isn’t all tulips and blossoming cherry blossoms for kids. It brings all sorts of changes and pressures that can make it hard for everyone.

7 reasons spring might be tricky for your kids and a few ideas for calming the chaos too.

For some kids, small speed bumps in daily routines or expectations can send them spinning. It’s a lack of flexible thinking. Do you have a kiddo in your house that struggles with this too?

It stinks when your child lies. Your reaction to it, thought, doesn’t have to be defcon level yelling and frustration. 6 strategies to deal with lying.

Does every left-behind piece of homework or lunchbox have to be a lesson on responsibility? I don’t think so. Let’s Reframe it as support and scaffolding.

We all want the big parenting wins, but it’s not that easy. To get to the big, long-term, sustainable wins - however long they take - we need to keep showing up.

Feeling overwhelmed as a parent? It happens. Everything isn’t under our control. But maybe we can be a little less overwhelmed and have some compassion for ourselves.

Other parents - they have opinions, don’t they? And they really want to tell us how they would do things differently (aka better). Don’t get stuck in the poisonous ‘I would never’ trap.