In the many months since I have blogged, I have not been idle…I have used my Facebook page:  Challenging Children to write.  Sometimes, I r...

I realized that it has been several months since I have blogged.  I find myself writing on the facebook page, Challenging Children much more...

poem by Daniel Hughes, Clinical Psychologist, continued from facebook page:  Challenging Children ...in that moment his soul is seen with...

           Help For Parents of Children Prone to Stealing Stealing is an addictive behavior, much like other kinds of addictions.  It is a...

I received this call for advice last evening: Our high energy middle school aged son only eats foods which have a specific consistency and ...

Holidays!  They conjure up many, many images and along with how those images are conjured up come memories.  For some, perhaps for many thes...

Yesterday, I posted on my Challenging Children Facebook page, this question posed by a teacher: "what am I to do with a stu...

"You can't tell me what to do; you are not the boss of me!"  "No, I don't want to do______, I'm not going to do i...

my home sweet home.”   I am usually able to begin a blog with the title.      Tonight was different:    I wanted the titl...

My husband and I watched from our deck this morning as a friend walked by and in hand with his two young children.  We knew they were probab...

The question that this blog is responding to is whether it is possible for a parent to help their child heal from the wounds of trauma if th...

I wrote on my Facebook page:  Challenging Children that our 7 year old grandson used his powers this morning to calm a very agitated possum ...