By Makieda Mckenzie, Cope With School NYC 2024 Summer Intern For many children, back-to-school time represents a source of anxiety and navigating foreign emotions. Whether it's starting school for the first time, attending a new school or even just fear of starting a new grade, children are faced with unfamiliar situations and must learn how [...]
First Steps in Finding a Therapist Mental and emotional health is a lifelong journey whose path we do not always discuss at home or with friends. Searching for mental health support can be daunting. Stigmas and reactions rooted in the fear of the unknown can hinder a loved one’s experience in their healing process, or [...]
As I was cooking pasta to distract myself from the latest international news, if just for a few hours, I looked back at my 16-month-old grandson and wondered what I would say to him if he were even slightly aware of the tragedy taking place in Ukraine at this time. How would I explain the [...]
What does back to school look like? What does it mean? How is it different? Traditionally the return to school and beginning of the academic year has always been a time of mixed emotions for Parents and Students; regardless of whether Students are entering Pre-K or their final year of College or some other advanced [...]
Even before the Pandemic, as soon as the technology became available, there have been online groups which provide a forum for people with similar interests, goals, and ideals. This was the case even while there were in person groups and gatherings at school, at work, and at home. Since it was possible, people have been [...]
Our guest blog is brought to you by www.energeticjuniors.com It first appeared on their site. The mission of Energetic Juniors is to bridge the gap between kids’ physical abilities and their future aspirations. We want to help them find physical outlets that will help them transition into traditional sports and activities. From the most sedentary [...]
Even before the Pandemic, every day billions of people had been interacting online through articles, newsletters, podcasts, email, comments on blogs, and through social networks. The only difference is that now, we are also spending a significant amount of time on these platforms to learn in a more structured and formal manner by attending school [...]
Addressing the Anxiety Among Us All: Tips for Parents on Talking to Children of All Ages About Current World Events Current world events including the impact of Covid-19, the many protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the documented murder of George Floyd by a police officer who suffocated him by resting his knee on [...]
Even as some states reduce restrictions and reopen businesses and as some stores, such as Target, begin announcing their “Back to School” Sales, the number of cases of the Covid-19 Coronavirus continue to soar leaving a wake of uncertainty and anxiety as the wave of infections surge across the country and world, leaving our nation [...]
Whether you call it “homeschooling”, “remote learning”, “distance learning” or “virtual learning”, Covid-19 (coronavirus) has brought education back to the home as the main modality turning parents into teachers and transforming all of our lives forever practically overnight. So now what? Now that many parents have been thrust into a forced career change, we all have [...]
