Jennifer Slingerland Ryan
8 Healthy Meal Ideas for Picky Teenagers
We’re struggling with other more pertinent teen issues, so food is the last battle I’m interested in fighting! Here are healthy, inclusive meal ideas for picky teenagers by picky teenagers.
Good Enough Parenting is Good Enough
When your child professes their boredom, do you offer suggestions or suggest they use their imagination? For example, do you suggest your children go outside to play? Or, do you come up with a...
Easy, Fun, Free Summer Activities for Kids
Summer break is right around the corner! It can be fun for kids and relaxing for parents when you plan ahead a little and include some imaginative activities, like telling stories about summer camp...
Secure Attachments in Relationships Means Good Mental Health
Secure attachments to other humans are vital.
It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and I want to bring to light how humans fare better with safe, secure attachments to people (i.e., we don't do well...
IEPs, 504s, & How to Advocate for Your Kid’s Learning Differences
A child's learning difference presents new challenges in child-rearing.
We parents generally have the same goal for our children, don’t we? We just want them to be happy, healthy, functioning humans now and for a...
In Honor of World Health Day: Managing Post-Pandemic Trauma
Each year on April 7, the World Health Organization celebrates its anniversary with World Health Day! Each year on this day, the WHO seeks to draw attention to a specific health issue that concerns people...
Bullying or Normal Teen Behavior? How to Connect With Your Teen
Is this normal teen behavior or...?
Remember way back in middle school when all you cared about was who wore what, who’s listening to who, and how you styled your hair?
There was so much pressure to...
Great Hearts Online School :: Shattering Remote Learning Misconceptions
This post has been sponsored by Great Hearts Online. All opinions are 100% our own.
If you’re a parent considering homeschool (or online school), you’re going to want to hear this!
Our world flipped, turned upside...