• When Homework Becomes a Nightly Battle

  By October, some families discover that homework apparently requires two people: a child to avoid it and a parent to remain concerned about it. You remind, encourage, check, and remind again. Somehow, you seem more invested in fifth grade than the person attending it. Last week, we examined repeated meltdowns…

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• The Child Who Falls Apart After School

  The teacher describes your child as pleasant, cooperative, and helpful. You briefly wonder whether there has been a clerical error. At home, the backpack lands, complaints begin, a meltdown follows, and a simple request becomes a major production. You listen, reassure, redirect, and try to help. Somehow, tomorrow brings another…

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• The Power of Enough

  There is a peculiar habit many of us have mastered. We spend years building a life we hope will make us happy-and then become too busy improving it to actually live it. We need more money. More success. Better health. More productivity. More recognition. Apparently, even relaxing now requires goals,…

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