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Ask the Guidance Center Experts
Published in Blank Slate Media, February 25, 2022 In this monthly column, therapists from North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center answer your questions on issues related to parenting, mental health and children’s well-being. To submit a question, email...
How the Arts Can Expand Your Child’s Horizons
By Guest Blogger Colleen Stewart Children of all ages with mental health challenges and learning disabilities can benefit enormously from involvement in the arts. According to Scientific American, creative endeavors stimulate different parts of the brain...
When the Parenting Never Stops
By Jessica Grose, published in the New York Times on February 16, 2022 “A mother’s internalized mandate to protect her child does not end when her children are grown” We have a mainstream directive for raising children in our society: You provide them with support,...
LI Herald Editorial: Congress Should Support Maternal Health Grants, Feb 3, 2022
Featuring Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust and the Birth Justice Warriors, a program co-founded by Taylor-Walthrust and Martine Hackett of Hofstra University. In Nassau County, babies in communities of color are significantly more likely to die during or shortly after...
Ask the Child Guidance Experts
Is it more than the winter blues? In this monthly column, therapists from North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center answer your questions on issues related to parenting, mental health and children’s well-being. To submit a question, email...
When Parents Have No Place to Turn
By Paul Danilack, Published in Anton Media, January 20, 2022 Growing up, Timmy appeared to be a little bit different than other children his age. He would cry often and have frequent temper tantrums. His parents brought him to see an early intervention therapist, and...
The Remote Working Parent’s Guide to Balancing Work and Young Children
By Colleen Stewart, guest blogger There’s no doubt about it: The pandemic changed the workplace forever. Estimates are that in 2021, about a quarter of American employees worked at home at least part of the time. It can be assumed that a moderate to a...
Gratitude for Hope and Healing, By Kathy Rivera, Executive Director/CEO
As we settle into the new year, a look back at 2021 brings up mixed emotions. What a rollercoaster it was! The biggest news story remained the same as in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. While the vaccine brought hopes for a return to more familiar times, the pandemic had...