Before asking why a child can’t focus, ask where their attention comes alive.
Families
7 Tips to Help Your Child Prepare for a Successful School Year
Seven practical strategies help children build healthy routines, confidence, and organization for a smoother, more successful school year.
Seven practical strategies help children build healthy routines, confidence, and organization for a smoother, more successful school year.
Dad, Your Kids Inherit Your Grudges, Too
We assume time heals, but in family dynamics, time without repair is simply a high-interest loan.
We assume time heals, but in family dynamics, time without repair is simply a high-interest loan.
Lost and Found
The thank-you note we never wrote.
The thank-you note we never wrote.
The Small Moments Children Remember Forever
Children think about who sat beside them.
Children think about who sat beside them.
James Michener, My Father, and Me: Finding Our Place in the World and Embracing the Mysteries of Life
A personal journey of family, identity, mental health, and finding meaning across generations
Can family history shape your future? Explore a moving story of identity, the father wound, and healing across generations.
Letters to My Son: We Have Met Before
You fall in love because something in you remembers.
You fall in love because something in you remembers.
I Thought I Wanted This
That is not really the point.
That is not really the point.
Letters to My Son: We Were Never Meant to Live Through Glass
We began confusing connection with contact.
We began confusing connection with contact.
How to Have a Great Father-Daughter Relationship
Strong father-daughter relationships are built through trust, communication, encouragement, and consistent support from childhood through adolescence.
Strong father-daughter relationships are built through trust, communication, encouragement, and consistent support from childhood through adolescence.
Beyond Car Seats and Childproof Pill Bottles: A Child Psychologist Explains How to Empower Kids to Make Safer Choices
Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000 children ages 1-19 in the U.S. each year – close to 20 deaths per day.
Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000 children ages 1-19 in the U.S. each year – close to 20 deaths per day.
Letters to My Son: The Only Moment You Ever Truly Own
You cannot build your life backward.
You cannot build your life backward.
Listen: How to Raise Your Kids in the AI Age
In a new podcast episode, a doctor explains how technology should enhance, not replace parenting during children’s formative years.
In a new podcast episode, a doctor explains how technology should enhance, not replace parenting during children’s formative years.
I Know How This Looks…
It came from life.
It came from life.
Everyone Experiences Loss and Grief – But That Doesn’t Make It Any Easier to Talk With Kids About It
One of my roles at this time, in 2015, was helping teachers and administrators respond to preschool students’ social and emotional needs.
One of my roles at this time, in 2015, was helping teachers and administrators respond to preschool students’ social and emotional needs.
Letter to My Son: The Ruin We Practice Quietly
Nothing was wrong.
Nothing was wrong.