Can Powerful Lyrics Effect Change in Teens? Jax’s “Victoria Secret” Anthem Succeeds.
“Mom, you would like this,” my youngest daughter says as she shows me a viral TikTok video playing on her phone. I’m so captivated by the...
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- Oct 5
Domestic Violence: Not What You May Think, It Impacts the Whole Family — and Happens Right Here
In my work as a parent coach, I’m privy to what most often stays behind closed doors. Parents come to me seeking help with their...
- Mar 4
How to Get Kids Out and About in Your Town
With some community buy-in, today's kids can have a '70s childhood. How to create a Let Grow Community I live in one of the few towns in...
- Feb 10
The Many Mental Health Benefits of Playing Wordle
An Open Letter to The New York Times: A few weeks ago, my Facebook feed was suddenly filled with meaningless yellow, gray and green...
- Dec 16, 2021
Yik Yak Returns to Wilton, with Potential for Devastating Consequences
After spending the day on the newly reborn app Yik Yak, I felt sick and had a pit in my stomach, exactly like 37 years ago when I found...
- Nov 21, 2021
Better Moods with Gratitude & Thanksgiving
I recently learned that it’s “NOvember” — which means you can say NO to more things to prioritize your well-being. Go ahead and give...
- Oct 7, 2021
Talk to Your Tween about ‘Devious Licks’
This fall, middle and high school students across the country have been filming themselves stealing soap dispensers and doing other...
- Oct 3, 2021
What to Do Now That TikTok’s “Devious Licks” School Vandalism Challenge Has Hit Wilton
This September, middle and high school students across the country have been filming themselves stealing soap dispensers and doing other...
- Sep 29, 2021
Parents are Raising Kids in Captivity, then Expecting Them to Survive in the Wild
Wild animals in captivity quickly habituate to human care, live a sheltered life and as a result, don’t learn critical survival skills....
- Mar 20, 2021
Easy Remedies for Frustration and Pain - Especially in a Pandemic
“March in New England” offers us two important lessons to help ease our pandemic pain and struggle.
- Jan 29, 2021
Feel Like You've Hit A Wall?
Feel like you’ve hit a wall? Or better described - the floor? You are not alone. We. Are. Struggling. The past week and a half, I’ve been...
- Jan 6, 2021
New Year's Resolution
If You Must Have Resolutions - Choose Sanity I’m sitting in the dentist’s chair and I’m trying to breathe deeply (but not too deeply) ...
- Jan 5, 2021
Are You Raising Kids in Captivity, then Expecting Them to Survive in the Wild?
Wild animals in captivity quickly habituate to human care. Living a sheltered life, they don’t learn critical survival skills. They show...
- Dec 14, 2020
Struggling With Anger in your Family?
Anger is a normal human emotion that gets a bad rap. It is often seen as something to suppress as it can get expressed in destructive...
- Nov 20, 2020
Not "Helping Mom"
When you ask your child(ren) to unload groceries, empty the dishwasher or any other household chore, chose your words very carefully....
- Nov 16, 2020
Lockdown Drills: Trauma Instead of Safety
I feel so incredibly strongly that someday we will look back as parents and educators and realize how lockdown drills and active shooter...
- Aug 27, 2020
Helping kids find joy and connection at recess
Wilton Youth Council’s Wilton Free Play Task Force has worked for three years to educate, inspire and support parents, schools and...
- Aug 19, 2020
Saving Recess: Helping Our Kids Find Joy and Connection in the ‘New COVID Normal’
Wilton Youth Council’s Wilton Free Play Task Force has worked for three years to educate, inspire and support parents, schools, and...
- Jun 8, 2020
The Body Talk
The Body Talk. The Coronavirus pandemic has caused our kids to miss out on so many milestones and rights of passage. For our town’s fifth...
- May 17, 2020
Assume the Good, and Your Children Will Follow
As the days, weeks, and now months of this pandemic march on, our stress levels have not relented and we parents are feeling depleted. It...