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Introduction A new school year can come with a quiet expectation that this will be the year everything comes together. The grades will be better. The schedule will be more organized. The sports season will go well. Friendships will feel easier. College applications will stay on track. Homework will get done without arguments. Parents will …
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Introduction For many families, the start of a new school year feels like a fresh beginning. New teachers, new routines, new activities, and another opportunity to settle into a rhythm. But for parents who are separated or divorced, August can also bring something less comfortable back into the picture: all the coordination, communication, and unresolved …
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Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Family Counseling, Mental Health
Introduction School asks children and teenagers to manage much more than homework. They are learning how to handle difficult classes, navigate friendships, deal with disappointment, manage expectations, find their place among peers, and adjust to changes that can sometimes feel bigger than adults realize. At the same time, the adults around them are navigating their …
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Introduction The backpack is by the door. The school supply list is checked off. But if you are like most parents in Oklahoma right now, the thing weighing on you most is not on any list at all. It is the quiet worry about how your child is really going to handle the first day, …
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Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Family Counseling, Teen Counseling
Introduction You remember when they told you everything. Now you are lucky to get three words before they disappear into their room. It happened gradually. The conversations got shorter. The eye contact, less. The space between you, wider. And now you are standing in your own kitchen wondering how you and your teenager became strangers …
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