Building Connection, Expectations and Your Child

Building Connection, Expectations and Your Child

Building connection with your child can be difficult and even more difficult if you have lots of expectations. This blog talks about how parent expectations hurt the parent-child relationship. “Ms. Campos, I know I am disappointing my parents.  I’ve tried my best, but...
Dear Daughter: A Personal Letter

Dear Daughter: A Personal Letter

Dear Daughter, Don’t listen to the crowds.  They have their own agenda.  YouTube ads, commercials, and billboards don’t want what is best for you.   Ignore Barbie and Bratz.  They are fake.  Their perfect body, outfit, and hair sit under a gigantic plastic head.  They...
Thinking Traps, Cognitive Distortions and Your Child

Thinking Traps, Cognitive Distortions and Your Child

Thinking Traps and Cognitive Distortions can be making your child anxious.  Help teen anxiety by understanding thinking traps. She is crying.  She won’t stop.  She sobs in her pillow and grips her blankets tightly around her body to give herself a blanket-body-hug. ...
Do I Have A Gifted Child?

Do I Have A Gifted Child?

This blog will talk about the qualities and attributes of the gifted child.  He won’t wear anything but his soft white T-shirt!  She picks a topic, like space, and then obsesses about space for months!  He talks to me like an adult in a little person’s body!...