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PODCAST: ADHD AND YOUR CHILD
I had a great conversation with Sanel Kelly on The Mummy Pod all about ADHD in children. What it is, what to look out for, and how to navigate it as a parent. Take a listen and let me know what you think in the comments!! https://themummypod.podbean.com/e/dana-baker-williams-parent-and-teen-coach-adhd/ #ADHD #ADD #Mentalhealth #parenting #parentingtips #raisingkids #ADHDingirls #ADHDsymptoms #children #toddlers #school #elementaryschool #podcast #parentingpodcast #momhelp
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How to Calm an Anxiety Attack
She’s trembling, she can’t breathe, and she’s hyperventilating; seemingly all at the same time. She panics, you panic; welcome to the world of anxiety attacks. They can come on suddenly and without warning to people who suffer from anxiety. Although stress and anxiety exacerbate the likelihood of having a panic attack, panic attacks can happen at any time – even during sleep. And they can be super scary –for both the person having it and the one witnessing it. When it’s your
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Navigating The Summer Before College
It’s almost Summertime, and that usually means school is out, and graduations and summer internships or jobs are in. Unfortunately, we all know that that is not the case this year. Spring is here and Summer is coming...but graduations, internships and jobs....not so much. Change Is Coming Some kids have been lucky enough to get jobs or internships and will be out of the house some this summer. A lot won't. And if you have a student leaving for college who doesn't know if the
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7 Ways For Your Teen To Relieve Stress
Our world today is very challenging. There are pressures at school—and in-home schooling--, home, friends, media, social media—pretty much all around us. And that’s not even mentioning current politics and racism. It’s difficult for adults to handle, much less teenagers. We need to acknowledge that anxiety, stress and depression are normal and valid feelings in today’s landscape. What can we do to reduce stress and conflict? We can hold space for it. Sometimes we need to fin
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How to Help Your Senior Student in This Pandemic
Everything feels both chaotic and tentative at the same time right now. Schools are out, but still teaching. Proms are postponed or canceled. Senior week and pranks no longer brighten graduation week, and graduation week doesn't even exist. The health of our country--and world--far surpasses these daily changes, but that doesn't change the fact that kids, especially seniors are really getting the short end of the stick. Seniors in high school and especially college are missin
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Self Love On Valentine's Day
It’s Valentine’s Day today. Some people love it; others hate it. I’m somewhat indifferent to it at this point in my life. I’d be more than happy to celebrate it, but I’m also totally good not. I do send little valentines to my kids though. This year it was Thin Mints! As for my husband, he is firmly in the “not” group. But Valentine's Day (or Heart Day) doesn't have to be about romance or even loving others. Whether you have a significant other, kids that you celebrate wit
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What To Expect When Your College Student Is Home For Break
Many college students come home for Thanksgiving, and while you're all looking forward to it, it can be an adjustment. You are excited about having her home, but you may also be nervous about what to anticipate. It's often the first extended time at home since they left for college in the summer, and the first semester at college may have been their first glimpse of "freedom". So they may be wondering if it is possible to come home and still maintain their newfound independ
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How to Recognize Anxiety in Kids
One of the really hard things about parenting young kids is that you don't know what you don't know. And your kids are too young to tell you. So when your child misbehaves or throws tantrums it's not easy to discern whether its a health issue or it's just an angry child. Essentially, anxiety in children tends to manifest as negative behaviors that you may have glimpsed briefly in the past but are becoming noticeable, consistent and intense. As a mom, that is super frustrating
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Feeling Safe is the End Game
For your child to thrive you need to look beyond a tantrum Being the mom of an anxious child is life changing. It changes the lens through which you read any parenting situation. It changes the tone of your voice; the ability to be spontaneous (ok, parenting in general orders a ceases and desist letter there); and it seriously changes your family dynamics. Changing doesn’t mean worse however. Well, it does sometimes. But it can also open your heart and enrich your brain as yo
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How To Recognize Separation Anxiety
“My stomach hurts.” “I can’t sleep;” “Can you close my closet?” “Can I just sleep with you?” Sound familiar? You are not alone--and neither is your child. Obviously all children have times of anxiety when leaving their parents, or meeting new people, or going to a sleepover for the first time. Most will even go through a period of wanting to sleep in your room. What they don’t generally do is miss school, throw random tantrums about leaving you or turn down sleepovers with t
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How to be Present With Your Kids in a Digital World
As parents, we share and celebrate some really big milestones with our children. Sometimes it’s a lot harder to share the every-day moments with them. Between work and the constant distractions and invasion of technology into every moment of our lives, being fully present with your kids takes perseverance and dedication to that because of the constant incoming stimuli. With the holidays upon us, the kids are home and we are juggling our busy lives with holiday preparations, d
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My Son's in College and I am That Mom
The tears surprised me. The weepiness I felt driving away from my first parents' weekend. My son is a sophomore but I had missed last year’s event; so I was so thankful to have spent this weekend with him. He won’t be home for Thanksgiving this year, so I did expect to feel a pang and to be a little sad leaving him, but honestly, I’m not really the weepy type. Dropping him off for his freshman year I teared up a little saying goodbye, of course. But I wasn’t that mom who loo
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This is the First Thing to do When Your Teen Lies to You
Are you ever completely baffled by your kids? Like you don’t understand why they’re acting in a certain way? The one that always gets me is lying. I catch him lying, he knows he’s lying, he knows I know he’s lying…and he lies anyway. And keeps doing it. What is that? As annoying, confusing and even hurtful as being lied to is, it’s actually part of a child’s normal development. In fact, some researchers think that a child’s first lie is a positive milestone in mental growt
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