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How to Discover Your Child’s Love Language

Parenting is amazing. And I think we can all agree that parenting is hard. With so many different suggestions, trends, and experts, on top of friends and family voicing their opinions, it is hard to decide what will work for you. That is why I like the simple concepts found in the Five Love Languages …

Back to Basics: The 5 Love Languages Explained

People crave connection with those around us, whether it be work relationships, friendships, romantic partners, or family bonds.  We have the capacity for logical thought and a wide range of emotions.  But logical thought is not enough in all situations.  We don’t just want to know we are safe, we want to feel safe. We don’t …

Back To School With COVID-19

Back to school is going to look different for Oklahoma students. Some communities are rotating students on two-day/three-day schedules. Others are combining virtual with in person and others are going all virtual or all in person. Regardless of how school districts prepare, parents, teachers, and children are concerned, worried, and scared. Each state is releasing …

Children’s Fears During These Times

As schools prepare to open amid COVID-19, children and parents nationwide are fearful of the disease and of infecting others. Although sheltering in place has been a time for families to create fond memories, it has allowed adult conversations and mass media to impact some of the youngest in our society. Parents have been forced …

ALLERGIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

Spring – with its budding trees, flowering plants, and warm temperatures, yields high humidity, invading pollen, sneezing, coughing, watery eyes, and a headache which lingers day and night; welcome to seasonal allergies. Beyond the physical pain and discomfort, there is a connection between allergy symptoms and mental health. The stuffy nose, sneezing, and watery eyes …