Parenting

Growth Mindset Posters From Children’s Books

Decorate your home, playroom, or classroom with these beautiful growth mindset posters of quotes from beloved children’s books. Mindsets are your beliefs. A growth mindset is believing that you can change and cultivate your intelligence, talents, and personality. It’s about learning to persist, fail, try again and again, and redefine what success is. It’s the […]

5 Parenting Strategies to Develop a Growth Mindset

I have a daughter who dislikes challenges. She’d rather give up than persevere. This is probably hugely affected by her sensory processing disorder and ADHD. How, I don’t really know. But I do know that she does not have what professor Angela Duckworth calls grit and author Carol Dweck calls it a growth mindset. Or at least it’s hidden […]

Essential Back-to-School Picture Books

As your children return back-to-school, read these essential picture school-themed books about the first day, separation anxiety, making friends, and being yourself. Honestly, I love how picture books can help prepare our kids for what to expect in new situations. More than that, they also help you know where your child might need extra support. […]

Brilliant Family Read-Aloud Books for Kids of Different Ages

A reader recently wrote to me asking for read-aloud chapter book ideas that appeal to different ages of kids. Whether you’re taking a family road trip or at home reading with kids of different ages, you want books that ALL your kids will enjoy. But is it even possible to find a book that kids […]

12 Children’s Books to Give as Graduation Gifts

If you have an 8th grader, a 12th grader, or a senior in college, soon they will be graduating. (I’m already crying.) Gift one of these inspiring children’s books to celebrate your child’s accomplishment and upcoming life transition. Maybe one of these incredible children’s books full of wisdom and encouragement will help them on their […]

Are You Informed About This Invisible Youth Epidemic?

Disclosure: This post is in partnership with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, but opinions are mine. Cigarette smoking is vilified in this country. It’s stinky, it’s cancer-causing, it yellows your teeth, and, among other things, it causes a lot of trash. But did you know there is a new cigarette in […]

How to Support Introverted Children at Home and School

Do you have a child with an introverted temperament? Introverted children, that’s about one-third to one-half of the population, recharge their energy from time spent alone. (As opposed to time spent with other people.) You can take an assessment if you’re not sure if your kids are introverts. Or read this article about the difference between […]