Every year, beginning around April or May, many of my young clients express worries and fears about starting high school in the following year. This feeling can be described as a general worry, but can escalate to crippling fear and panic. There are many reasons why this fear and worry is understandable. It involves transitioningContinue reading “Dealing with “Starting-high-school” Worries”
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When you need more than “I don’t know”: The High/Low Game
The school year has finally begun and you are dying to know how your child’s day went. How was their teacher? Were their peers nice to them? Did they find the work hard? So you ask your child and, after a long pause where you think he or she is thinking about a response, youContinue reading “When you need more than “I don’t know”: The High/Low Game”