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Parent Resources

Screen Sense: What the Research Says About the Impact of Media on Children Aged 0-3 Years Old

It is natural for today’s parents and caregivers to wonder about the role screens play in the lives of the babies and toddlers they love. Because ultimately, babies today are born into a world where screens and human interaction are often seamlessly interwoven. Screen Sense describes what is known at this time about the effect of screen media on young children’s learning and development...click here to read more.

Mindfulness Breaks | Weekly Series for Self-Care

Practice mindfulness with Maria Gehl, an internationally recognized leader in mindfulness in early childhood. During these 15-minute weekly sessions, Maria will guide us through simple yet effective techniques to use throughout each day to manage stress and anxiety...click here to read more.

Happy Parents, Happy Babies

A website dedicated to family support offered by psychotherapist and family specialist, Emily Griffin. Available services include the following:

Couples counseling
Individual support around perinatal mental health for parents (aiming to prevent Postpartum Depression & Anxiety when possible).
Hands-on parenting support with building your understanding of your child's needs including my direct observation and modeling (when appropriate). Building a strong attachment is essential but difficult sometimes for a host of reasons.
Consultation to support sibling adjustments to new baby. Learning how to divide your attention and feel like you're "enough" is challenging.
Learning mindfulness and guided meditation as tools to support your transition to the new "work-life balance" goal that is especially elusive for many of us parents.

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Dads Helping Dads During a Pandemic

Weekly video chats offered to dad's facilitated by family specialist, Emily Griffin, about parenting, relationships, stress management, mindfulness, mental health, and your daily existence through stay at home orders and social isolation. Pay what you can $10-$40/week. If interested in joining this group, please contact Emily directly at emilygriffinlicsw@gmail.com.

How to Find Balance in Times of Uncertainty

We are all affected by the global pandemic and learn new ways to adapt to this situation. What is happening at this time reminds us to join our prayers, our breath, and our hearts as we all walk together on this beautiful planet...click here to read more.

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus

News of the coronavirus COVID-19 is everywhere, from the front page of all the papers to the playground at school. Many parents are wondering how to bring up the epidemic in a way that will be reassuring and not make kids more worried than they already may be. Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute...click here to read more.

Being at Home: Self-Help for Self-Quarantine

Get creative! Every little bit of movement counts. When we’re confined to our home, we need to move, move, move! You don’t need fancy equipment or a lot of time; you just need to weave exercise into your schedule...click here to read more.

What to do When Work, Parenting, and Partnership Collide During Quarantine

We are facing an unprecedented challenge of how to work, parent, homeschool, and partner in the time of the Coronavirus Pandemic. During this tragedy, many of us have felt overwhelmed by the nuts and bolts of maintaining our most important life roles...click here to read more.