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Today.com provides an age-by-age guide for how to talk to your children about shootings.

Here are some thoughtful tips from the Family Institute at Northwestern University on how parents can promote strong emotional development during the school year.

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Youth and Family Therapist As adults, we accept stress as a normal part of life and can navigate our stressors. Even though stress is just as common among youth, they haven't developed the skills to properly cope with these emotions. Parents and caregivers...

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Family Service Youth Therapist

School can be stressful at times for everyone. For some individuals, however, school is not only stressful - it triggers anxiety that impairs functioning and academic success. Many factors...

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Family Service Youth Therapist

As many already know, adolescence is fraught with numerous challenges and transitions. The pace and amount of growth that occurs during adolescence is second only to that which occurs during infancy. As teenagers...