by Julie Johnson | Oct 14, 2015 | Children
When our children become paralyzed with fear, it’s hard to know how to help them! A father I know remembers seeing his son in this state during a family vacation at Lake George at the base of the Adirondack Mountains. His son, eight years old at the time, wanted to...
by Julie Johnson | Jul 21, 2015 | Children
Children today are spending very little time outdoors. According to the National Wildlife Federation, “The average American boy or girl spends just four to seven minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day, and more than seven hours each day in front of an...
by Julie Johnson | Apr 21, 2015 | Adolescents, Preteens
A mother recently told me that her eleven-year-old daughter is starting middle school in the fall. There was an open house for the school in the spring, and they decided to make it a family affair and take a warm evening walk there together.As they walked onto the...
by Julie Johnson | Mar 25, 2015 | Preteens
Parenting a preteen sometimes feels like you’ve gotten lost in a foreign neighborhood without your trusted GPS. What used to make your five-year-old laugh doesn’t work anymore with your thirteen-year-old. An adolescent’s maturity can seem inconsistent and...
by Julie Johnson | Mar 24, 2015 | Children
