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Helicopter Parents: Avoid Hovering Through Preparation
Helicopter parents are known for hovering over their teens every second of every day. They are overly attentive and fearful for their child’s every problem. This intense involvement with teens, though, can be avoided through just one thing: preparation. Many people become helicopter parents because they do not adequately plan, so they have to lead…
Conscious Love: Embracing My True Self and Guiding Parents on Supporting Transgender Children
My journey to self-realization and identity affirmation has been a path illuminated by conscious love – first coming out as a lesbian at age 14, and then as transgender at age 49. These milestones in my life weren't just about revealing who I am but also about the profound understanding and acceptance I sought, particularly…
Legislators: Our Tools For Change
Back in the first few weeks of June, as the #BlackLivesMatter movement ebbed and flowed through social media and spilled out onto the streets in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, my head began to spin with a combination of shame and confusion. I’m a white woman with immense privilege and all the…
How to Decrease Math Anxiety
Your alarm sounds, and you immediately jump out of the bed feeling fresh and re-energized for the day. But as you slowly begin to think through the day, a familiar feeling of fear and dread suddenly strikes you. It is the day you are going to sit for your math paper. Even though you studied…
Vomiting in Children With Fever
Occasional vomiting isn’t much to get worked up over, but when your child starts vomiting with a fever, you’re likely to take note. You want to do your best to take care of your child, but you aren’t sure whether you need to visit the doctor. Pay attention to her symptoms and the way she is acting to determine the cause of the problem.