During COVID-19, teachers are feeling additional pressures on top of their already demanding work lives:
Being responsible for teaching and emotionally supporting students from afar
Creating innovative ways to teach remotely and navigating the technology to do it
Responding to increased parent communications, through multi
The longer families are homebound due to COVID-19, the greater the concerns about child, teen, and parent mental health. We are struggling to cope with challenges never dreamed of, all while feeling more isolated from those we’d typically turn to for support.
Mother nature has not been easy on us, lately.
We have shouldered one weather-related crisis after another. The United States has had a record number of wildfires, tropical storms, derechos, and tornados. And these disasters do not include other serious weather-related concerns, like record-breaking heat, droughts, floods, or mud slides.
Everyone gets angry from time to time — parents and kids alike.
Anger is a normal emotion that’s part of the “fight or flight” response. This means it’s an emotion that informs us that something in our lives is threatening, frustrating, upsetting, or unfair.
¿Cómo se completa una evaluación básica a través de su distrito escolar local?
Bueno, la respuesta corta es: “Usted La Solicita”.
Tengo una confesión que hacer. Raramente duermo lo suficiente.
Sé que es importante para mí, pero con demasiada frecuencia la vida se interpone. No estoy solo.
Many parents rely on others to help care for their kids, and grandparents often play an important role in taking over for parents during the work week, on weekends, or over holidays.
La ansiedad es la forma en que los humanos hemos evolucionado para protegernos.
En situaciones amenazadoras, nuestros cerebros desencadenan una serie de respuestas que resultan en una elevación del ritmo cardíaco, sudoración, temblores, hiperventilación y miedo intenso, todo con el propósito de prepararnos para el peligro.
I’ve reached the age of becoming a grandparent. So have many of my friends.
There’s something quite special about this experience.
Jacob, de 14 años, parece tenerlo todo. Vive en un barrio rico, asiste a una escuela privada, practica deportes y es un miembro estrella de la banda de su escuela. Y, sin embargo, se siente incómodo y estresado.