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79Early Brain Development in Children
There are so many things to consider when pregnant and when you bring your newborn home. Many joys, questions, and worries exist together in the minds of parents, whether they are brand new to parenting or...
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77How to Release Past Experiences That Are No Longer Serving You
It is not easy to let go of the past. We somehow feel anchored to them, they give us an identity that is much easier to hang on to than to release. I had clients who, in the beginning, were not able to...
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71Crippling Childhood Conditioning
I am currently taking a Nonviolent Communication class based on the teachings of Marshall Rosenberg. My teacher Joe emphasizes a crippling and unnecessary quality of our culture: that beginning in very early...
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54Childhood Memories of Day Camp
When I was in I think kindergarten and first grade, my brother and I went to Day Camp during the summer; I think this was one of my mother’s futile attempts to force me to be outgoing. She put me into...
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70Children at Risk -- Falling Through the Cracks
Born in a hospital in the then Soviet Union, Kevin was promptly abandoned by his biological mother and subsequently shipped off to an over-crowded, under-staffed orphanage. Left to fend for himself, without...
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69Marijuana and Severed Limbs
By Wes J. Pimentel This next piece is not observational. This is the true story of how I was introduced to two things at the same time as a child; marijuana and severed limbs. My uncle loves to fish....
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58Why Should I Forgive?.
What is forgiveness? To me, forgiveness is the act of letting go of and trying to forget actions which have caused some kind of percieved injury whether it be emotional or physical. Forgiveness not only...
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58Critical Elements to Parenting a Child with Severe Behaviors
There are three things critical to parenting children with behavioral issues,whose early life history includes maltreatment and/or attachment challenges: Attunement- tuning in to a child's underlying needs,...
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