by Smarter Parenting | Oct 29, 2015 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Decision Making, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Decision Making
4 questions your teen will ask about marijuana Several years ago, during one of my first group therapy sessions I learned something the hard way. I was the new kid on the block at a facility for incarcerated teenage boys. The kids in session spoke like they were from...
by Smarter Parenting | Oct 27, 2015 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Preventive Teaching, Posts, Parenting Skills>Preventive Teaching, Smarter Parenting News
5 lessons from Inside Out to avoid being a helicopter parent Disney and Pixar’s hit movie, Inside Out, is about a young girl named Riley and 5 of her emotions: Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear. The movie plays largely in the mind of the main character however...
by Smarter Parenting | Oct 27, 2015 | Blogs, Others
The lessons a Halloween costume taught me From experience I can tell you that Jackie Kennedy Onasis is not the typical costume for a 5th grader. Then again, I’m don’t see myself as an ordinary girl. I’ve always had this desire to be my own person. That sense of being...
by Smarter Parenting | Oct 23, 2015 | Blogs, Bullying, Specific Diagnosis
Who will stop the bullying? Social experiment Three young girls waiting at a bus stop participated in a social experiment on bullying. The results were amazing. Watch the interaction below. We also answer 4 common questions we are asked by parents regarding the issue...
by Smarter Parenting | Oct 22, 2015 | Blogs, Specific Diagnosis>ADHD
ADHD series part VII: improve ADHD by understanding emotional intelligence in text center in text It was the morning of our wedding day, our ceremony was in a few hours and my wife and I could not have been happier. It was going to be perfect. Our families had...