Bad Advice – Always Try Your Best
March 23, 2016As parents, we are always trying to teach and guide our children. We all want our kids to grow to be happy, successful, well-adjusted adults. So, along with our many parenting duties, we encourage our kids with various bits of “sage”…
Read More Category : Happiness & Well-BeingHow to Increase Compliance in Children
February 22, 2016Whether your child ignores your commands completely, or dawdles for what seems like endless amounts of time before eventually complying, parents are often frustrated when children don’t follow directions. You may wind up nagging or yelling in attempts to gain…
Read More Category : Happiness & Well-BeingAssume the Best of Others
February 9, 2016I was listening to an audiobook by Dr. Jack Kornfield and Dr. Daniel J. Siegel entitled Mindfulness and the Brain, and Dr. Kornfield gave a quote from Nelson Mandela that really stuck with me. Now, I don’t recall the quote verbatim…
Read More Category : Happiness & Well-BeingBrain Training and Lumosity
January 25, 2016So, does brain training really work? I have posted on this topic previously. Basically, the answer is still “no.” There are many claims (still) about various techniques, approaches, and technologies (including Lumosity) with the promise of improving our memory, processing…
Read More Category : Autism Spectrum DisordersGiving Thanks in Troubled Times
November 25, 2015Here we are once again on the eve of Thanksgiving. It rolls around once per year with the explicit reminder that we should take pause and be thankful. With all that is going on in the world these days, this can be difficult…
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