When Bad Things Happen

The cycle of difficult and challenging things happens in our communities and in our country on a regular basis. Be that natural disasters, political upheaval or personal tragedies. Many of these events may bring up big feelings for your children and emotional responses for the adults in your family.

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Ariel FragerCommunity, Family, Honesty
Welcoming a New Baby

Welcoming a new child is an exciting time for parents and it can be stressful for older siblings. I have a few suggestions for families to help ease the transition and to help set up a loving dynamic between older sibling and the new baby.

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Ariel FragerFamily, Siblings
Recommended Sleep Times by Age

Many times throughout the year, our sleep routines change like during holiday times and summer vacation. While it’s wonderful to sleep in on the weekends and during breaks from school, it is better sleep hygiene to keep a constant sleep schedule.

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Ariel FragerFamily
How to talk to children about death

The death of a loved one can be very difficult for a child or a teenager to fully understand. Parents and other important adults often struggle to find the right language and tone in discussing death, since the adult is also deep in his or her own grieving process.

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Ariel FragerDeath, Family
Praise

We use praise to help bolster our child’s self esteem. But what we often do is end up rescuing them from the uncomfortable and necessary failures and disappointments in life. Kids need to know that failure is not something to be feared. They need to learn to struggle and work through challenging situations in order to build a healthy frustration tolerance.

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Ariel FragerFamily
Lies

Even though developmentally and emotionally, it’s quite normal for young children to lie, being lied to feels really awful. I have a couple of suggestions on how to set up a family value of honesty and respect.

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Ariel FragerHonesty
Equanimity

Family life can be so busy and it is easy to slip into a hurried and/or harried state. I hope some information about the concept of equanimity (much of which comes from the writings of Shizen Young) will help guide you through the ups and downs of the packed weekly routine. Equanimity comes from the Latin word aequus, meaning balanced and animus meaning spirit or international state. In the physical world we say a person has lost balance if they fall to one side or another.

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Anxiety

Many of our kids are feeling high levels of anxiety in this time after the most intense months of the global pandemic. It’s not only Covid-19 that worries out kids, but politics, climate change, navigating social situations with friends and family changes are just a few things that build up anxiety in their energetic systems.

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What is Mindfulness?

A big part of my parent coaching practice centers on helping parents bring mindful awareness to their relationships within the family unit and with their own emotional state. When we pay attention to what is happening in each moment, we can better address the conflicts and discomfort that cause disruptions in family life.

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Ariel FragerMindfulness