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Uncharted Territory; Positive Strategies for Parenting in the Digital World

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If you are not an educator, you like me, do not have much of a template for parenting/teaching children how to be responsible digital citizens. Note that these skills are higher level executive functioning skills. They require practice, intentionality, and development. By that I mean, as young people age and their prefrontal cortex continues to […]

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Braver Angels Series: A Pathway Towards Connection in a Polarized World: Exploring the Roles We Can Play in Division (Part 2)

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If you read last month’s article, we are delving into a series on depolarization. At Traverse, we see a great deal of polarization surrounding politics in the families we work with and within our own families. Last month’s article delved into the first two out of six roles people can play in political conversations or […]

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A Pathway Towards Connection in a Polarized World: Exploring the Roles We Can Play in Division

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This is the first of a series on navigating the polarized culture within families. We at Traverse Counseling & Consulting care deeply about supporting families in maintaining connections even when there are differences that can seem insurmountable. We hope that this series enhances both your professional work and your personal lives and relationships! For most […]

Filed Under: Anxiety

Who put Anxiety in Charge? How to get parents back in charge when Anxiety and Distress are present in our Children

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Leading children THROUGH their anxiety to overcome it. When kids are distressed, refusing to go to school, nervous, anxious, and everything in between, it is heartbreaking and frustrating (insert all the emotions here) for parents. Seeing your kid cry and shake because they are distressed and don’t want to go to school (insert distress you […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Parenting