Monthly Archives: August 2014
Care deeply and play it cool
Keep calm. Keep an eye out. Keep communicating. (And keep some frozen dinners ready.) Those are the back-to-school recommendations of Caitlin O’Dell and Jon Joebgen, mental health professionals with Children’s Center, a Vancouver clinic for uninsured and underinsured kids and their families. (The frozen dinner idea — a fallback when you’re totally stressed — is […]
Quiet truths and big explosions at the movies: “Boyhood”
It’s summer, so moviegoers must by law shut down their brains and become laser fodder in extravaganzas like “Soldiers of the Solar System” or whatever’s raking in the megamillions now. But if you feel like keeping your brain — and heart — alive while ducking those mandatory big explosions, here’s an enthusiastic movie recommendation: “Boyhood” […]
Star gazing with the kiddos: Perseid meteor showers
Do you have happy childhood memories of lying on your back and watching shooting stars–technically called meteor showers? Have you made similar memories with your own kids? Here’s an easy, fun and free family activity to do in your own backyard tonight. The annual Perseid meteor showers peak tonight (Aug. 11) and tomorrow night (Aug. […]
Curbing screen time tough for parents, too
I have a lot easier time controlling my children’s screen time than I do my own, even though it probably affects them just as much. In a recent Washington Post interview, psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age,” says that children notice how much time […]