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Curated: fun and educational IPAD games for you and your child

October 15, 2019 by Kim Martinez Leave a Comment

Check out these iPad Apps for you and your child. Hand curated by a children’s counselor.

Filed Under: ADD / ADHD, ADHD, Childhood, General, Parenting Tagged With: ADHD, imagination, iPad games, learning games, planning games, teaching games

Books for Parents and Kids

June 3, 2019 by Kim Martinez Leave a Comment

Clients tell me how hard it is to find credible and interesting books for parents and their children on different topics. Based upon my own reading and suggestions of other counselors, I have put together a list of recommended reading. This is a short list and there are so many amazing books on […]

Filed Under: ADD / ADHD, ADHD, Anxiety, behavior management, Childhood, discipline, General, Highly Sensitive Child, Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers, Teens/Children Tagged With: ADHD books, anxiety books, books for children Tampa counselor, books for kids, divorce books, parenting books, reading, Tampa kids counselor, Tampa teen counselor

Calm, Healthy Parent=Calm, Healthy Child

March 4, 2019 by Kim Martinez Leave a Comment

Stressed out parents need self-care to be the most help for their children struggling with mental health concerns.

Filed Under: ADD / ADHD, ADHD, Anxiety, Childhood, General, Parenting, Teenagers, Teens/Children Tagged With: anxiety, parent anxiety, parenting, parenting stress, stress

Parenting frustration: tips and hacks to make parenting less stressful.

February 2, 2019 by Kim Martinez Leave a Comment

There are so many moments where parenting is frustrating and downright exhausting. Parenting is also funny and ridiculous too. Often parents come up with the best parenting hacks out of necessity (or desperation) and are super creative ideas. The following are some great examples of ways to entertain bored kids on bad weather days (or […]

Filed Under: behavior management, Childhood, General, Parenting, Teens/Children Tagged With: behavior management, children, parenting, parenting hacks, parenting tricks, safety, teens, toddlers, winter weather

Advice and tips on using babysitters: from sitters, moms and therapists.

January 8, 2019 by Kim Martinez Leave a Comment

Tips and advice on using babysitters from teen sitters, other parents and children’s counselors.

Filed Under: Babysitting, Childhood, discipline, General, Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers, Teens/Children Tagged With: babysitters, babysitting, parenting, sitters, teen babysitters