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When a Child Has a Life Threatening Illness

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Below is the outline for a course I teach on Parenting Children with Life Threatening Illness. I offer an adaptation of this course as a 90 minute parent education talk.   When a Child has a Life Threatening Illness The Shock of Diagnosis Parents can become depressed. Parents can be thrust into grief. Parents can …

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When To Hold a Child Back in School

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When To Hold a Child Back in School QUESTION: Our child’s preschool teachers suggest we consider keeping our almost five year old in preschool one more year. He’s very bright, and makes friends easily. He knows his letters and numbers, can pick out words in books we read to him regularly. His teachers say he …

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