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Is Your College-Aged Child Struggling?
Parents far and wide are preparing to launch their recent high-school grads into the next stage of their lives: college! Whether you send your student across the country or town, this milestone can bring various challenges and excitement about setting them off on...
Books to Process Grief & Loss
Books that Help Children Understand & Process Grief & Loss When loss occurs in a child’s life, it is no surprise that their grown-ups will face the following challenge: “How do you talk to a child about loss? Death? Grief?” These are topics that even we as...
Finding Support in the Aftermath
Highland Park July 4th Shooting Trauma-Informed Therapy: IFC Counseling We work with children, teens, young adults, parents, and families navigating an array of life challenges Addresses: 7357 W North Avenue River Forest, IL 60305 2865 N Clybourn Ave...
Parenting in the Aftermath
Highland Park July 4th Shooting A few short weeks ago our community experienced a significant traumatic event. While enough time has passed for the news cycle to move on, we are still a community in need of healing. Whether you experienced the terror directly or...
Manage Your Emotions
Here now: the final edition of our blog series, “Executive Functioning Activities!" Remember, you can check out the other fun ways we've shared to address concerns like impulse control and working memory! For our last edition, we're focusing on... managing emotions!...
Pride Celebration & Reflection
Although Pride month is coming to an end, there is always time to find support for your LGBTQ+ child or yourself. The resources we've included here include community platforms to connect with others, information & education about an array of topics specifically...
Little Kid – Big Feelings
“Why does my child get SO upset by something SO small?" Most (if not all) caregivers have experienced their child become intensely upset over something that seems small or even insignificant in the long run. They may go into a rage when you give them the flavor of...
Neurodivergence, TikTok, & Diagnosis
So the TikTok Algorithm Says You Might Be Neurodivergent... You’ve Made It All the Way to Adulthood Without a Diagnosis… Now What? TikTok has quickly become one of the largest social media and content platforms out there. Whether you create content, scroll through...
How to talk to your kids about school shootings
I don’t want to write this blog. I already wrote this blog in, Between us Parents, following the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. And have referenced that article over and over as our country and our children continue to experience inconceivable violence every day....
How do I talk about this with my kids?
A great resource to aid in difficult conversations around grief, tragedy, & reality The recent attack in Buffalo has been weighing heavily on our hearts. Witnessing another tragic showing of injustice is incredibly difficult. Especially when we are also in the...