January 6, 2021 We had the good fortune of connecting with Rebecca Guez and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Rebecca, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?This past year and most likely in the next few months, entire families, parents and children alike are sequestered, isolated, quarantined, and home schooling …
Writing has always been a therapy for me. There have been many “Dear Diary” entries, tearful summer camp letters home, creative stories, high school essays, university papers, journal entries, notes on my iPhone, drafts of angry emails to others that never got sent; the list goes on and on. My life has always been a …
featured on betweencarpools.com Punishments, rewards, threats and bribes may not be the best solution.Why do we always resort to that and what are our alternatives? Generation after generation, humanity has taught that good behavior should be rewarded (do good and earn a sticker or a prize!) while bad behavior will be punished (time outs and …
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featured on prepandrally.com When feeding kids, mealtime can be triggering and challenging for parents and children. We struggle with trying to get our children to eat enough of the “right” things while also not creating any complexes for them. We have the added pressures of pediatricians, family members, friends and others around us. And we …
Becoming a Boy I’ve gotten a lot of comments on Yitzhak’s notoriously long hair being cut short 😊OF COURSE, I have a story… In Judaism we grow out a boy’s hair until they turn 3, so Yitzhak’s hair flowed down his back.He LOVED his hair, admired it, took pride in it, & grew very attached …
Self-Regulate The other day my Mimi got really triggered, she was so upset and angry and I saw these big emotions overtake her. Her body tensed up and she opened her mouth to yell, but instead closed it and abruptly turned and left the room. I saw her scurrying around the house, head down, eyebrows …
We did it! While we both look forward to Mimi going back to in person learning safely in the future, we are both feeling excited and happy that winter break is over and she’s back to school on zoom!! ❤️❤️❤️ Yesterday we both had a looot of feelings around the news Mimi wouldn’t be going …
Have you ever been in a situation where you are having a conversation with someone and you “randomly” start to cry, or you get annoyed or upset by something that actually isn’t a big deal? We go through things in life which cause us pain, anger us, make us feel fearful or frustrated, and when …
A few months ago my son went through a stage where he was hitting. It was mostly his sister and he would do it a lot and hard. She understood that she was older, and she didn’t want to hit him back, so she would stand there bewildered not knowing what to do. I tried …
Father’s Day this year has me reflecting on my husband, and our relationship as parents. Whether you are currently in a relationship with your child’s parent or not, parenting together is not easy. It is so easy to judge, focus on their lacks and what they do that annoys us. Many times we can feel …