While you are locked up with your teenager day after day after day after day after day (after day), you can run out of things to occupy your time. Could there be a more perfect solution than family movie night?! But what movies are both entertaining and yet provide an opportunity for you to discuss important issues with your child. …
BUMC Resiliency and Hope Seminars: Resources for Resiliency and Hope in the Time of Covid-19
These resources accompany the Brentwood United Methodist Church Resiliency and Hope Series: Conversations about Mental Wellness-Resiliency and Hope in the Time of COVID-19. Resilience Movies Family Time Movie Theater: Resilience 18 Movies Building Resilience in Kids Top 75 Growth Mindset Movies for Children Dr. Wellborn’s Movies Worth Watching How to be Reslient 20 Best Resilience Books Good Reads Resilience Books Post …
BUMC Resiliency and Hope Seminars: Resources for Christmas in the Time of Covid-19
These resources are to accompany the Brentwood United Methodist Church Resiliency and Hope Series: Conversations about Mental Wellness-Managing Holiday Stress in the Time of COVID-19. Dr. Wellborn’s website has lots of resources for parents and teens, some of which are directly relevant to creating a healthy, happy Christmas for your family. It really comes down to making time to do …
Talking to Children about Protests: What About Racism?
Now that you have talked to your child about protests and fairness and then followed up with a discussion about the importance of being a person of honor and good conscience, it is time for a talk about racism. Why take the time to talk about racism? Because it is wrong, it is un-American and it continues to be a …
Parent Resources on Inclusiveness, Racism and Protests
Parenting Articles Center for Racial Justice in Education. Collection of resources for understanding and talking to kids about racial and social justice issues from real experts. Raising Race Conscious Children. Ideas about talking to your kids about race. Parent Magazine has a couple of good articles on talking about racism and black lives matter and on fighting hate at different …
Talking to Children about Public Protests
As if COVID-19 wasn’t enough, a long overdue reckoning about racism and the militarization of police forces has exploded in our front yards. It is almost impossible to shield your children from the murder of George Floyd, the protests and the riots. They may have questions. You will need ideas about how to talk to your child about protests, free …
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19: Viral Benefits
James Wellborn & Stacy Jagger May you live in interesting times apocryphal Chinese curse Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true attributed to Aesop Every cloud has a silver lining annoying proverb attributed to John Milton This shut down is a disaster. And there is worse to come as the subsequent economic impact will be really, really …
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19: Improving your Pandemic Quality of Life
If you wait until things are “normal” again, you may be waiting a long, long time. While there are many things that will return to a familiar pattern, you are faced with the challenge to create a “new normal” for all that remains. This disruption will reveal some areas of your life that were out of balance, ignored or actually …
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19: Children and Home Schedules
Our lives are arranged around natural and artificial rhythms. The original rhythms are celestial-sunrise/sunset, cycles of the moon, menstruation, seasons of the year. Artificial rhythms include wake/sleep times, eating meals, hunting for and gathering food. Society creates rhythms that include clockwork time, school, work, personal grooming and weekday/weekend. Rhythms in specific contexts include changing classes, team meetings, project due dates, …
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19: Talking to Teens About the Virus
This blog is the second of a series of columns Stacy Jagger, LMFT, RPT-S and I have written for the Williamson Home Page publications that provides information and suggestions about parenting through the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a follow-up to the talking with kids column focusing on talking to teens about the same issues. You can find the column in …