BERGEN COUNTY MOMS

No one likes to think about it, much less talk about it. But at some point, your loved one may not be able to do the things he or she...

Often I am asked what is the difference between normal aging and dementia. Although there are physical and cognitive changes for many as...

“In most ways, kids are pretty much the same as they’ve always been. Nuts. But in most ways, the world around them is incomprehensibly...

“I want mommy,” my 6-year-old says almost every single hour of the day. “NO Mommy do it,” my two-year-old yells emphatically to get out...

In a two-parent home (and with divorced couples, too) it's common for each of you to have different strengths and challenges when it...

“So much is written about the ages and stages of childhood and becoming an adult, yet we seldom flip the script to take a closer view of...

Last year I worked with a dad who shared a variety of concerns about his son. One was the possibility that his son was 'experimenting'...

Some time ago I worked with a mom who, as a consequence for some unpleasant behaviors, took away her 13-year old son's cell phone for...

Have you read the book by Shel Silverstein called The Giving Tree? It's an illustrated children's book about a boy and the tree who...

“Four As and a B- in math. That’s a good report card, but… how are we going to get that math grade up?” Has that conversation ever taken...

You are surrounded by people, and yet you feel alone. Your kids are connected to others through their devices, but don’t really ‘feel’...

Is my house clean? Are my kids ok? Do I worry? Can I relax? DO I get enough time to myself? Do I exercise enough? Do I drink enough...

What does raising the bar look like for you? What expectations do you have for your children? Setting high expectations is a good thing,...

To All Moms, With almost 23 years of motherhood under my belt, I have been both a teacher and a student of the process. I think that we...

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." Dr. Benjamin Spock It's so true. You have an innate wisdom that is 'spot on'...

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. It's a phrase worth considering at every brick wall we encounter, and at...

Transitions. Today my daughter returns to her home nearly 6,000 miles away. Sarah visited for two weeks and it's time for her to go...

You know what they say about when you assume something, right? You make an ass of you and me. You have no way of knowing what people...

Life is changing all around us. It is up to us to do what we can control. First things first, love your family. I saw a quote circling...

We talk blithely about getting out of our comfort zone. And while we recognize that we need to be challenged to go somewhere...