By Karen Nettler, MSW I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s being blessed by the relationships I had with both sets of grandparents and one great-grandmother. In fact, my great-grandmother’s death when I was 21 years old was the first close family loss I experienced. All of my grandparents…Read More
What if. . . Your kindergarten son wants to wear a tutu around the house even when friends come over to play? Your four-year- old daughter’s favorite toys are trucks? Your first- grade son likes to try on your high-heel shoes? Your third- grade daughter only wants to wear sweat…Read More
By Rachael Abrams, LCSW-C, CT It happened again. Another school shooting. This time 17 victims have been murdered — shot and killed in a Florida high school. As a parent, and a clinician, I personally struggle with this issue. I question how violence of this magnitude continues to happen in…Read More
By Susan Kurlander, M.Ed. Jewish Community Services It’s hard to escape the devastating effects of America’s opioid epidemic. Lives lost, families torn apart, and something you don’t hear about that often – the threat that opioids pose to children. More and more of them are overdosing due to the prevalence…Read More
By Stacey Meadows, LCSW-C Parenting is one of the hardest jobs that we may choose to take on. While there can be rewards of tremendous joy and love that blossoms within this role, we are also charged with a seemingly impossible task of keeping our little ones safe and healthy…Read More
By Elizabeth Piper Last Saturday I babysat my friend’s children while she and her husband had a much-needed date night. As I tucked her two daughters into bed, I had the idea for each of us to take turns sharing a high and low from our week. They asked me…Read More
By Ahuva Radzyner, LGSW In the past two weeks, two 16-year olds in two different Bethesda high schools have died. The cause of their death – suicide. Suicide. The very word elicits a visceral reaction of shock and pain. To hear about a teen suicide begs the heartbreaking questions: Why…Read More
Reposted December, 2017 By Rachael Abrams, LCSW-C It may already have happened in your house. The toy catalogs arrive. Commercials for the newest games, technology and “must haves” are everywhere. Children concentrate on 8 whole days of gifts! As much as you try to focus on the meaning of the…Read More
(This blog is a repost.) By Donna Kane, MA Last night I wrote up my grocery list for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving dinner, at my house, is a family tradition. Another tradition we have is to go around the table and say one thing that we are thankful for. It can be…Read More
By Benjamin Barer, LGSW Remember that old saying, “Do as I say, not as I do”? Well, you may have already figured out that it doesn’t really work with kids. As adults, we forget that children are constantly watching, listening and taking note of our daily struggles, triumphs and misfortunes….Read More
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