End of School Blues? Helping Your Child Accept Change
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The end of the school year is an exciting time for kids – no more teachers, no more tests, no more learning about the Wild West. But not [...]
What It’s Like to Learn from the Living Room: An Interview with a Homeschooling Mom
With schools closed and many in isolation, several parents now must assume the role of academic teacher - from phonics to fractions, geography to geology, it’s getting real! Move over common core [...]
Less Tricks, More Treats: Having a Safe Halloween
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It’s that time of year again, the season when ghosts and goblins walk among us (if only for a night). Children, costumed and excited, take to the [...]
Skinned Knees and Grass-Stained Tees: Encouraging Outdoor Play in Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Summer is a time that many kids embrace – the school doors fly open in a mass exodus of excitement as children race into the open arms [...]
Discussing Violence with Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Talking to kids about violence is an unfortunate necessity of parenthood. School violence, in particular, is extraordinarily frightening: not every child loves school, but they still expect [...]
Helping Your Child Through the Holiday Season
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The holidays are a hectic time for everyone, especially moms and dads and their kiddos. You’re busy planning, purchasing, celebrating, and decking the halls and such. But, [...]
What Parents Can Learn From Play
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S From Barbies to GI Joe to toys that make lots of noise, playtime may seem like, well, play. And, of course, it is. Even so, the word [...]
Technology: Does it Help or Hinder Us As Parents?
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The world wide web is aptly named; our reliance on technology is indeed worldwide. Most of us communicate on social media, work on computers, and carry cellphones [...]
Five Fun Family Activities for Fall
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Of all the seasons, autumn is probably the one that has the hardest time looking itself in the mirror; let’s face it, summer is a tough act to follow. [...]
Want to Reconnect? You Must Disconnect First
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Technology has transformed our lives, allowing us to carry the world’s information inside of our pockets. The questions, the wonder, the how to do something – the answers [...]