Category: Big Life Transitions
When Your Child Is Anxious About an Upcoming Move
My daughter’s questions about our upcoming move shifted from curious to visibly worried within just a few days,…
Helping Your Older Child Adjust To a New Baby
Helping your older child adjust to a new baby, easing jealousy and regression while protecting the sibling relationship.
Talking To Kids About a Parent’s Illness
A friend facing a serious diagnosis asked how she was supposed to explain any of it to her…
Preparing an Only Child For a New Sibling
My daughter has been an only child her entire life, and I’ve recently started wondering seriously how to…
Helping a Child Grieve the Loss of a Pet
My nephew’s goldfish died the week before his birthday, and my sister found herself navigating his first real…
How To Talk To Kids About Divorce, Age By Age
I’m not divorced myself, so I want to be upfront about that before this goes any further, the…
Moving House With Kids Without the Total Meltdown
We moved once when my daughter was four, and I underestimated almost everything about what that would mean…
How Long the New-Sibling Adjustment Actually Takes
My sister asked me, exhausted, three weeks into her younger son’s arrival, whether the older boy’s rough adjustment…
Signs Your Child Is Struggling With the Divorce
A close friend going through her own divorce recently asked me how she was supposed to know if…
How To Explain Death To a Child Honestly
The first time my daughter asked directly whether I was going to die someday, I fumbled through an…