Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Children's Hospital New Orleans.
My Family in Crisis: What Children's Hospital Means to Me
This past October, my nine-year-old son was hospitalized at Children's Hospital Behavioral Health Center. He'd been anxious and depressed, and...
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by MindCoachNola and written by Adela Baker, Founder and CEO, Mind Coach NOLA.
10 Reasons You or Someone You Know Might Need an ADHD Coach
1. You feel overwhelmed with all that you have to do.
You...
Author’s Note :: I am not a licensed professional. However, my daughter has experienced anxiety and adjustment disorder tendencies for almost two years. In that time, we’ve practiced getting ahead of it as a family and with her play...
A few weeks ago, my ten-year-old daughter competed in the 2021 Short Course State Swim Championships in Baton Rouge. My daughter is not a natural-born swimmer. She does not have the traditional “swimmer’s body” or the genes of a family...
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by BE-RAD Lab at the University of New Orleans.
Living in a Post-Pandemic World :: 5 Tips to Help Your Children Adjust Successfully
New Orleans is opening up just in time for summer fun! While...
As a child for me, the world was my playground. I remember playing outside in the dirt from sun up to sun down by my grandmother's house, exploring the woods, playing in the ditch, and so on. I could...
I was recently faced with a dilemma.
My 7-year-old daughter ran to me crying, exclaiming her friend “spit in her face." I probably had the same expression on my face that most of you have while reading those words. I...
Sometime earlier this year, my 8-year old picked up the phrase “my bad.”
I’m not really sure where she got it from. My husband uses the phrase every once in a while, but it’s far from his catchphrase. It’s possible...
Hey little one, I want you to know I see you.
I see you hide behind me when the stranger at the store comments on your pretty hair. I see your wheels turning when a relative talks to you. I...
After being home for 2 months and some (you know, COVID), finally, the last day of school came for both my kids (first grader and kindergarten). We were in some sort of “routine” and as any other year, we...