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Talking to Your Child About Suicide – Part Two: How to React if Your Child is Suicidal

September 17, 2018 by Melissa 24 Comments

This post is part two of our suicide posts and part of the larger series ‘addressing the tough stuff.’ In part one, I focused on the understanding of why suicide happens. In this post, I will address how to react if your child is suicidal. Here’s a list of other tough stuff topics that I have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing the tough stuff, parent education, Suicidal, Suicide Prevention, tough stuff topics

Talking to Your Child About Suicide – Part One: Understanding Why it Happens

September 3, 2018 by Melissa 22 Comments
Featured Talking to Your Child About Suicide - Part One: Understanding Why it Happens

As a therapist, parents ask me how to talk to their kids about all the tough stuff topics. My goal for this series is to address each of these topics and help you and your child navigate the more difficult areas of life. This post is part one in how to talk to your child about suicide. Part … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing the tough stuff, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, tough stuff topics

Parenting Consistency: Learn Why It’s Important

August 13, 2018 by Melissa 31 Comments
Parenting Consistency

Walking down the Parenting section of any bookstore is enough to make your head spin. Some books tout their style over others. The right way and the wrong way. One parenting theory over anything else. But here’s the secret, there is no “one way.”  Many good ways work well for different children and families. What … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Parenting Consistency, Parenting Education, parenting tips

Talking to Your Child About Self-Harming Behavior: Part Two

May 9, 2018 by Melissa 12 Comments
Featured self-harming behavior part two

This is part two of our self-harming behavior posts and part of the larger series ‘addressing the tough stuff’. In part one, I focused on the understanding of why self-harming happens. In this post, I will address how to react if your child is engaging in self-harming behavior. Here’s a list of other tough stuff … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing the tough stuff, parent education, parenting tips, self-harm, self-harming behavior

Talking to Your Child about Self-Harming Behavior: Part One

May 2, 2018 by Melissa 12 Comments
Self-Harming Behavior Part One

As a therapist, parents ask me how to talk to their kids about all the tough stuff topics. My goal for this series is to address each of these topics and help you and your child navigate the more difficult areas of life. This post is part one in how to talk to your child about self-harming behavior. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing the tough stuff, parent education, parenting tips, self-harming behavior, understanding self-harm

Talking to Your Child About the Purpose of Dating

April 26, 2018 by Melissa 16 Comments
Talking to your child about the purpose of dating

As a therapist, parents ask me how to talk to their kids about all the tough stuff topics. My goal for this series is to address each of these topics and help you and your child navigate the more difficult areas of life. This post will address talking to your children about the purpose of dating. Here’s a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing the tough stuff, Christian parenting, purpose of dating, tough stuff topics

Talking to Your Child About Pornography

April 19, 2018 by Melissa 16 Comments

As a therapist, parents ask me how to talk to their kids about all the tough stuff topics. My goal for this series is to address each of these topics and help you and your child navigate the more difficult areas of life. This post will address talking to your children about pornography. Here’s a list of other … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Addressing Pornography, Addressing the tough stuff, Parenting Education, parenting tips

Talking to Your Child about Inappropriate Touching

April 12, 2018 by Melissa 14 Comments
Addressing the tough stuff: Talking to your child about inappropriate touching

As a therapist, parents ask me how to talk to their kids about all the tough stuff topics. My goal for this series is to address each of these topics and help you and your child navigate the more difficult areas of life. This post will address talking to your children about inappropriate touching. Here’s a list of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: Inappropriate Touching, parenting, Parenting Education, parenting tips, tough stuff topics

The Importance of Family Time

April 5, 2018 by Melissa 21 Comments
The importance of Family Time

*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Throughout my therapy sessions with children and teens we often talk about family dynamics and time spent together. Or lack of time spent together as the case often is. We’re a busy society. Kids are in extra-curricular activities. Parents have their own activities, hobbies, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: family movie night, family time, pureflix

Why Your Kids Don’t Need a Smartphone

March 29, 2018 by Melissa 6 Comments
Why your kids don't need a smartphone

                                                *This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here.  As a mental health therapist I work with kids of all ages, adults, and families. I hear a wide variety of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parenting Tips Tagged: parent education, parenting, Smartphone
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Melissa is a Christian, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, wife and mommy of two. She works with teens, adults, and couples to better manage their distress and hopefully become closer to God in the process.

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