BERGEN COUNTY MOMS

Every so often my computer or iPad has a glitch, or hiccup. My husband's advice is to shut it down and start over again. The computer...

The surveys and statistics bear it out: teens are misusing drugs and alcohol at younger and younger ages. Parents are often unaware...

“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...

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...

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...

Fuel your kids right! Sounds easy enough… We all know the reality is feeding our kids is fraught with decisions, opinions, endless...

“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’...

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

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...

Most children have to learn how to study, and some need to learn how to learn. If the material is difficult or boring, if they have...