I heard a wailing child baby. I was looking out my bedroom window to locate the sound and soon the scene unfolded in front of me. A young father was pushing a stroller, and the child in it was twisting and turning and reaching for him while she screamed at the top of her lungs. […]
4 Essential Messages for Kids with Trauma Histories
As Program Director for Lakeside Global Institute, one of my responsibilities is to write curriculum and design training for the many professionals around Philadelphia as well as in rural Pennsylvania who attend the courses we provide. In recent years, our focus has been on trauma and its impact on children and families. Much of our […]
Should You Let Your Children Comfort You?
Recently a friend asked if it was okay to let her child offer comfort to her when she was upset. The scenario was her seven-year-old had walked into her bathroom and caught her crying after some particularly stressful few days. “Mommy! Mommy! Are you okay?” This mom said her immediate instinct was to cover up […]
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