Messing with the clocks can wreak havoc in your home if you have sensitive kids.
The yearly ritual of daylight savings is very disruptive to our circadian rhythm - our sleep/wake cycle - and, as an extension, it disrupts our entire hormone system for a little while.
Hormones are chemical messengers that affect how we feel and function. For kids who are already struggling under a heavy stress...
If you're anything like me you're feeling a great deal of conflict about Halloween this year. Am I right?
I thought I had this all worked out years ago when I triumphantly declared how I had made peace with Halloween and had learned to enjoy it again.
(related post: How I Calmed The MamaBear And Made Peace With Halloween)
But then 2020 happened and, you know... the world went topsy-turvy.
I...
For many years now, depression and anxiety have topped the list of mental health issues faced by children and young adults.
70% of the time, adults report that their mood instability started in childhood. I suspect, given what we know now about the biological roots of mental health and the impact of a child's diet on their mental wellness later in life, that number is actually...
A recent study showed that preschoolers exposed to 2+ hours of screen time a day were 7.7 times more likely to exhibit ADHD symptoms by age 5 (source).
The overconsumption of technology, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle has created a perfect storm in kids and has resulted in non-Alzheimer’s, dementia-like symptoms.
Seriously. Digital Dementia in kids is a...
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