Anxiety
When the World Gets In: Helping Children Cope With the News
Children no longer hear the news at six o'clock. They absorb it in fragments, without context, from a phone in a bedroom — and…
Digital Wellbeing
My Child Is Talking to an AI at Midnight
AI companions never get tired, never judge, and never end the conversation. For a lonely child, that is not a gimmick — it is…
Emotional Regulation
The Child Who Falls Apart at the Smallest Correction
A raised eyebrow, an uninvited weekend, a gently worded note in the margin — and the reaction lasts for hours. This is rejection sensitivity,…
Neurodiversity
When Every Request Becomes a Threat: Understanding Demand Avoidance
Some children do not refuse because they will not. They refuse because a request — any request, even a welcome one — registers in…
Emotional Regulation
The Child Who Holds It Together All Day and Falls Apart at 3:30
Teachers describe a model student. You open the car door and get a stranger. This is not bad behaviour — it is the bill…
Parenting
Choosing the Right Online Parenting Class: A Therapist's Guide
There are thousands of online parenting classes and almost no way to tell, from the sales page, which ones are built on evidence and…
Anxiety & Worry
The Edge of the Playground: Social Anxiety in Children
It is not shyness, and it does not pass with time on its own. Social anxiety is a fear of being judged — and…
Sleep & Routines
Ten Past Midnight: How Much Sleep a Teenager Actually Needs
Your teenager is not staying up late to defy you. Their body clock has genuinely moved — and almost everything else you are worried…
Neurodiversity
The Girl Who Was Never a Problem: Autism, Missed
Autistic girls are diagnosed later, less often, and usually only after something breaks. Here is what is being overlooked, and why it matters.
Friendships & Social Skills
The Corridor: What to Do When Your Child Is Being Bullied
The instinct is to fix it in an afternoon. The thing that actually restores a child is slower, quieter and almost entirely about whether…
Neurodiversity
The Part of ADHD Nobody Mentions: Emotional Dysregulation
The diagnostic criteria talk about attention and impulsivity. Families almost always come in talking about the size of the feelings — and they are…
Raising Teens
Firm and Warm: Setting Boundaries With Teenagers
By fourteen, control has largely expired and influence is all you have left. The good news is that influence, properly used, is the stronger…