Middle school is a tough period of transition and hormonal changes. For young girls, this can mean the beginning of their menstrual cycle, their newfound romantic interests, and the start of drama between peers. All of the excitement can quickly become overwhelming. Being a parent...
Middle school can bring about new changes and challenges for your child. This is the time in which they will experience hormonal changes and embark on their journey towards discovering who they are, who they want to be, and where they feel like they fit...
As a therapeutic boarding school for behavioral problems, our girls commonly struggle with self-regulation and impulsivity. Adolescents already have issues with thinking before acting, but for some it’s even more difficult--even dangerous at times. The thing is, though, that self-regulation skills are essential for future...
When you're the parent of a disruptive child, life can seem impossible at times. Going to the grocery store or out to dinner can seem like scaling your very own Mount Everest. Quite often, parents don't know what to do or how to effectively handle...
Summer vacation is every child’s favorite time. No school, no responsibility, less supervision--a recipe for disaster if you have a problem child. Especially if your child is staying in all day and doesn’t have anything to do, it can cause them to turn to less...
Time-outs have been a technique used for disciplining youth for generations. When this tool for disciplining youth was proposed by Montrose Madison Wolf, he intended for it to teach youth appropriate social behaviors based on responses from adults. The method involved youth receiving adult attention...
In a recent article by NPR, Jess Thom--a woman with Tourette’s syndrome--spoke about her experience with Tourette’s. One of her tics is that she says the word “biscuit” around 16,000 times each day. She says it’s not her tics that make Tourette’s difficult--it’s people misunderstanding...