by Carla Naumburg | May 11, 2018 | PsychCentral.com
“Can we have some screen time?” I get this request from my daughters (ages 7 & 9) almost every afternoon. Sometimes I say yes, sometimes I say no. When I say no, sometimes my kids throw tantrums, but mostly they don’t. Mostly they find something else to do,...
by Carla Naumburg | Mar 30, 2018 | PsychCentral.com
Bedtime can be rough, and not just for the kids. Folks get cranky, it’s hard to get motivated, and kids rarely fall asleep as quickly as we want them to. (In their defense, many of us adults also struggle with that same issue.) The reality is that bedtime is easier...
by Carla Naumburg | Mar 28, 2018 | Writing
I was recently interviewed for a piece in The New York Times entitled “To Raise Resilient Kids, Be a Resilient Parent.” Here are some brief quotes from the article, written by Emily Popek. Let Emotions Happen Resilience depends on an understanding that...
by Carla Naumburg | Mar 27, 2018 | Mindful Mama Podcast
Another podcast conversation is up – once again on my friend Hunter Clarke-Field’s Mindful Mama Podcast. We had a great time chatting about how to make time for mindfulness. You can listen to the full episode here! Some big takeaways include: 1....
by Carla Naumburg | Mar 6, 2018 | Writing
This weekend was a shitshow, y’all. Saturday morning found me dropping off one kid (not my own) who had spent the night at our house and then picking up my daughter, who had spent the night at another friends’ house. We had a busy day planned; it was our last chance...