It’s the month of thanks! And amidst (maybe because of) the challenges 2020 has brought, November has me particularly focused on gratitude—both my own and how we as parents can help our kids cultivate theirs. According to Psychology Today (and many, many other publications), a gratitude practice is associated with some impressive benefits, not the least of which are overall improved physical health (the mind-body connection), improved…
I don’t know about you, but before I had children, I always thought of “The Family Meeting” as a serious, maybe even somber event, in which there were discussions of major life issues or concerns. I myself didn’t grow up with formal family meetings, so my image of them must have come from some of the 90s classics like Full House (as an aside, finding out that…