Raising a teenager is a journey filled with change, challenge, and—believe it or not—opportunity. As your teen pushes for independence, it can sometimes feel like they’re pulling away from you. But this stage of life doesn’t have to be a season of disconnection. In fact, with intentional effort, it can become a time of deepening your relationship.

As parents, one of the most challenging and most rewarding parts about raising kids is teaching values and encouraging traits that help kids live out those values. Two of the traits that many parents want for their kids as they grow into teens and adults are resilience and grit.

What if stress isn’t always the villain? What if, sometimes, it’s actually trying to tell us something important?

Worrying is not useful or helpful to our growth and resilience. Here are some tips to try with a child who has trouble taming the worries.

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. We know that healthy attachment between mother and baby sets a child up for success for the rest of their life and is equally beneficial for mom.

Parenting a child through a divorce can be incredibly challenging for both parents and children...However, there are ways to support your child through this transition and minimize the emotional impact.

Discover even more ideas to help parent a strong-willed 3-year-old!

Parenting a strong-willed 3-year-old can be both rewarding and challenging! Here are some ideas for parenting a strong-willed 3-year-old.

April is the month that we as a nation bring awareness to child abuse prevention.

Bedtime battles are one of the most common parenting challenges with children of almost any age. As the day winds down and the night...

“Positive behavior support” is a parenting skill that focuses on prompting positive behavior in order to address a negative behavior.

Identifying appropriate limits and being consistent with them are some of the most common challenges that parents face with their children.

Play therapy is a way for the therapist to communicate effectively with a child's developmentally appropriate "language" - play.

The Kid’s Therapy Center has trained additional counselors in the Family Check-Up program! This is a strengths-based model that focuses...

This is the time of year when many people decide to make a New Year’s resolution to improve some part of their life. Why not make some as...

In the midst of the busyness of the holiday season, the rituals and traditions that families have can often trigger feelings of grief and...

One strategy that fosters emotional closeness and connection within a family is family rituals. Rituals are events that occur on a...

When trying to communicate with our teens, sometimes it can be hard to engage them in conversation. Learning how to engage with them...

The first step in reflective listening is to detect. First, you must control your own reactive, subjective emotions in order to focus on...

The number one thing we recommend at The Kid's Therapy Center is one on one time with your child. Having 15-30 minutes with your child, 2...