Back pack, check. School supplies, check. New clothes and shoes, check. Haircut, check. Ready for school! Not so fast… Beyond the material things children need for school are other essentials necessary for a successful, happy and healthy, school year. Add…

Parent Summer Safety Checklist

It’s summer time! Across the country kids are rejoicing that there is no school or books or teacher’s unapproving looks. But for parents, summer takes on a whole, new set of concerns….summer safety worries. Don’t fret, I have a summer…

At this very moment children and families are displaced and traumatized from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on coastal Texas and Louisiana.  The very basics of life-food, water, shelter and safety are inadequate and even absent for some.  Sadly, lives…