When you are able to maintain a state of calm, your child’s brain will pick up on your regulated state and will slowly take your cue and begin to bring your child back from their heightened state (thank you, mirror neurons!).

Whether you are suffering from a depressive episode yourself or have friends and loved ones suffering with depression, it is important to understand what depression is and how to best treat depressive symptoms. Research shows that time and again that one of the most important factors in helping someone going through a depressive mood is having social support and loved ones who are understanding, empathetic, and compassionate

Please join Dr. John Frampton for a 40-minute discussion on what parents can do to best prepare their children for the return to in-person learning and living. Dr. Frampton will provide concrete strategies to prepare our children for in-person school, as well as to help facilitate personal growth in a future post-pandemic time.

As adults, we are all trying to stay informed and gain a deeper understanding of recent news stories including the ongoing pandemic, economic fallout, social justice movement, violence at the Capitol building, and a second impeachment. Those of us who are parents are also trying to figure out the best way to talk to our child or adolescent about these current events. Here are tips that you can use to help your children understand events in the news:

Childhood anxiety in a nutshell. While it may seem as if children have little to worry about, the truth is many kiddos struggle with anxiety. Anxiety is in fact the most common mental health disorder in children and teens and we'll likely see an even greater surge of anxiety related disorders as children are faced with the ongoing uncertainty of life during a pandemic (such a big concept for little minds!).

Schools can relate. Faced with an unforeseen and unprecedented challenge, limited resources and the health of children, teachers and families hanging in the balance, educators all over the world are trying to decide how to get children back to school.

The pre-teen and teenage years can be difficult for parents and youth alike for many reasons. Among other things adolescence is a time when youth become more in tune with their sexuality, and for some that may mean questioning their sexuality or gender identity, or discovering that their sexual orientation is different than their heterosexual peers.

Fortunately, there are simple changes parents can make in the way they speak with their children and the items they expose their children to that can help normalize variability in gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation.