by Bonnie Harris | Feb 22, 2022 | Anxiety, Current Events, Mental Health, Questions and Answers
Q. I’m utterly overwhelmed. I’m resentful of those who have support from a partner and grandparents and guilty for feeling resentful. Frustrated that there’s no end in sight. Exhausted, emotionally and physically. Sad. I miss my family and friends. Lonely. 3...
by Bonnie Harris | Jan 25, 2022 | Addiction, Communication, Current Events, Mental Health, social media, Teens
Q. There were recently two child suicides in neighboring towns to us in less than two weeks, one of them a 13 year old. How does this happen? How can I protect my tween from a similar fate? I am at a loss. What is happening in the world?? A. Too many children all over...
by Bonnie Harris | Mar 19, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health, tantrums
Q. My son will make a negative statement about anything and then immediately follow it by a more extreme version, e.g. “I want to die…I have wanted to die since I was born!” OR “No, I don’t know that you love me…I have NEVER known...
by Bonnie Harris | Feb 3, 2021 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Mental Health
With Covid stretching all of us thin, families are experiencing more emotional upheavals than ever—kids and parents, alike. The #1 step to managing anger and stress is to give yourself and your kids a break and keep it present—stop catastrophizing fears into the...
by Bonnie Harris | Sep 21, 2020 | Everyday Parenting, Mental Health
Q. I just completed chapter 7, Don’t Take It Personally, in your Buttons book. Holy cow, that is my life right now! Things have been tough on-and-off for the last 4 years, but with being stuck at home, resistance to distance learning, working as a single mom, and...
by Bonnie Harris | Aug 26, 2020 | Everyday Parenting, Mental Health
Q. My concern is that my teenage son who has been struggling with remote learning and isolation, is of a generation that grew up having to be worried about school shootings, climate, higher levels of political divide, protests and rioting, and now a pandemic. I’m...
