Respecting My Kids: Feelings
"Parents… fear that by giving a name to the feeling, they’ll make it worse. Just the opposite is true. The child who hears the words for what he [or she] is experiencing is deeply comforted. Someone has acknowledged his [or her] inner experience.” Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Read MoreHappy Fathers Day to the Daddy in Our World
"Dad, I loved when you helped me learn to ride my two-wheeler. I love when you help me when I'm sad... and when you let me go to the tot lot..." Rachel, age 6
"My Dad, Jeffrey Knaub: I love you because you wrestle me... you help me roller blade... you help me up if I fall... you make me feel happy, loved, and excited... you let me eat potato chips..." Clara, age 9
Respecting My Kids: The Case Against Spanking Children
“A person's a person, no matter how small.” Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!
"Elizabeth Gershoff... has been studying corporal punishment for 15 years, and is known as the leading researcher on spanking in the United States today... 'There's no study that I've ever done that's found a positive consequence of spanking,' Gershoff said." Sarah Kovac, CNN
Respecting My Kids: Privacy
"She didn't have to go and tell that, thought Ramona, feeling that her mother had betrayed her by telling, as if it were funny... She still thought Chevrolet was a beautiful name, even though she was old enough to know that dolls were not usually named after cars." Beverly Cleary, Ramona and Her Mother
Respecting My Kids: Physical Boundaries
"Excuse me, please! I have something I want to say. It's my birthday, and I'm tired of being pinched, noogied, hit, hugged too tight, picked up, tickled, and touched in ways that I don't like. I am six years old, and I'm the boss of my body!" Ruby's Studio: The Safety Show
One morning a couple of weeks ago, I was dropping off my 5-year-old, Rachel, at school. I asked her, "Do you want a hug or no hug today?"...
Sisters Day
"no won alowed exept Clara and Rachel!!!!!" my daughters' message written in red crayon on pink construction paper, attached to the door knobs of their bedrooms with green and white pipe cleaners
This morning, my husband sent our two little girls to wake me up. Clara (7) and Rachel (4) came running in, squealing with excitement, and from my deep state of sleep, I heard, "Mommy! Mommy!...
About Lynn
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with a Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University in Maryland. I have been in private practice for over twenty years and have experience working with adults and adolescents, addressing a variety of issues: anxiety, depression, relationship problems, past or current trauma, eating disorders, self-mutilation, bereavement, parenting concerns, boundaries, and self-care.