How to Make Halloween Magical Without the Meltdowns
October is Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder that caring for children’s emotional well-being matters as much as caring for their physical health. Just as we schedule checkups for growing bodies, we can create small rituals and conversations that nurture growing hearts and minds. The good news: these tools can be simple. Small, everyday actions make a real difference.
Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health: Everyday Tools for October
October is Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder that caring for children’s emotional well-being matters as much as caring for their physical health. Just as we schedule checkups for growing bodies, we can create small rituals and conversations that nurture growing hearts and minds. The good news: these tools can be simple. Small, everyday actions make a real difference.
It Takes a Village: Why Community Matters for Kids (and Caregivers)
Discover how community support strengthens children’s emotional development — and why being a good neighbor starts with connection, empathy, and everyday acts of care.
Helping Kids Name Big Emotions Without Shame
Learn how to help your child recognize and express big feelings without fear or shame. Discover gentle, play-based ways to build emotional literacy at home.
What Regulated Play Looks Like (and What It Isn’t)
Not all play helps kids calm down.
This post helps you tell the difference — and what your child may be trying to say.
From Classroom to Couch Forts: Helping Kids Shift into Summer
From Classroom to Couch Forts: Helping Kids Shift into Summer
Why Summer is the Perfect Time for Play Therapy
Helping Your Child Emotionally Bloom This Spring
Helping Your Child Emotionally Bloom This Spring
Helping Your Child Emotionally Bloom This Spring
Spring Cleaning for the Mind
Spring Cleaning for the Mind: Helping Kids Let Go of Emotional Clutter
April Fools’ Therapy Myths – Busted!
Because play therapy might look like fun and games—but it’s some of the most powerful healing work there is.
Big Emotions
We’ve all been there—your child’s eyes fill with frustration, their voice rises in volume, or they go silent and withdraw, and suddenly it feels like you’re caught in the middle of an emotional storm.