by stillwaters | Sep 24, 2020 | Children, Education
This school year is a little different. What will this school year be like? This is something a lot of parents have been considering for the past few weeks. At this point, school is under way for most. Choices have been made, technology for virtual schooling is...
by stillwaters | Jul 12, 2019 | ADHD, Children, Uncategorized
Have you ever had an Aha moment? One in which you gained a long-awaited insight or figured out the answer to a question that had been long evading you? Just like other medical practitioners, mental health therapists sometimes get stumped in figuring out how exactly to...
by stillwaters | Jun 15, 2013 | Children, Uncategorized
Two parents have asked similar questions about teenage drug and alcohol use, and I’ll address them both in this Q&A 1. My 15 year old son just started in high school this year. He has always been a good student, but this year his grades have dropped and he is...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Emotions, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
It’s been nice having our 18-year old back home for the holidays. I am also acutely aware that the pain of parting is in my near future. Christmas is traditionally the time in the United States when many young adults travel home for the holidays — whether it be...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” goes the famous line in the Sun editorial of 1897, written by Francis P. Church, who goes on to give an answer that is brilliant in its simplicity. And all in a days work, the story goes. Now I wish that I could...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Uncategorized
December 14, 2012 There are no words to quite describe the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut today. A tragedy that brought the president of the United States to tears, and to state, “our hearts are broken today.” In the aftermath...
