Your Children Will Become What You Are. So Be What You Want Them To Be!

Parents, remember your children will become what you are. So be what you want them to be! ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. Treat others with respect and kindness, and treat yourself with kindness too! Be thoughtful and honest with your kids, and set good expectations for them to follow. โฃ โฃ Prioritize…

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Letโ€™s Be Honest, There Is No Perfect Parenting.

Letโ€™s be honestโ€ฆhomework these days is just too hard sometimes. ๐Ÿคฃ Parents, we just want to check in with you. How are doing with helping your kids with this โ€œnew mathโ€. Letโ€™s be honest, we were already struggling a little with the old math! ๐Ÿคช School curriculums are definitely not what they used to be,…

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Community Leadership Award! ๐ŸŽ‰

We are so excited to share that the Detroit Community Health Connection has honored our executive director, Nicole Wilson with their 2022 Community Leadership Award! ๐ŸŽ‰ The Community Leadership Award is given to the person who mirrors the dedication, compassion, and commitment to our community at large. Thank you Nicole for your unwavering commitment and…

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5 Tips To Help Your Teen Deal With Anxiety

Parents! As our children are approaching that time of the year where they are inundated with test taking your child may be experiencing some form of have anxiety. Whether itโ€™s social anxiety or nerves about being back in school during the pandemic, we understand the struggle! โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ ๐—ช๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ,…

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๐ŸŽฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ

Parents, this is a great conversation to have with your teen. Ask them, in what ways do they seek affirmation from you and others? Really listen and try to understand their answers. ๐Ÿ’ญโฃ โฃ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โฃ โฃ If you do, youโ€™ll never be secure…

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Teaching Kids To Count Is Fine, But Teaching Them What Counts Is Best

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต.โ€โฃ โฃ Parents, our children get more from us than just our genetics! They get their values and priorities, which are taught from us. โฃ โฃ We have to show them what to prioritize with our actions and words. And although this seems…

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“Humans Are Wired To Connect So When We Feel Disconnected, We Turn To Food, Technology And Substances” -Ali Mattu PHD.

Parents, itโ€™s obvious that staying connected with your kids is important. Having a healthy relationship, a strong line of communication, weโ€™ve discussed it all! โฃ โฃ But HOW to stay connected is the tricky part. So, here are some simple, but effective, ways to stay connected with your teen!๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ โฃ โ‡พ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ …

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Happy First Day of Fall! โฃ

Happy first day of fall! ๐Ÿ‚โฃ โฃ Looking for some family activities to do this fall season, while still keeping it fun for your teens? Weโ€™ve got you covered!๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ”น ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‚๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ – We know, those types of places might seem a little โ€œlameโ€ or too young for your teensโ€ฆBUT, weโ€™ve…

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#ParentingTipTuesday

Parents! Hereโ€™s a quick #ParentingTipTuesday ๐Ÿ’ก for all of us who have teens, especially now that school is back in session. โฃ โฃ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. โฃ โฃ The proper amount of sleep for our…

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