by Dana Basu, PsyD | Feb 13, 2021 | Childhood Mental Health, Coping, Development, Feelings
How to Teach Your Kids About Emotions At any given moment, can you identify what you’re feeling? And not just “bad,” “ugh,” or “like crap,” but I mean really put a word to your emotional state? Words like “guilty,” or “lonely” or “vulnerable,” or even...
by Dana Basu, PsyD | Oct 31, 2020 | Childhood Mental Health, Development
Before becoming a parent, I thought about all the things that I wanted to pass down to my children. You know… all the values, skills, habits and wisdom I thought would set them up for success in their lives. Most of us do that sort of thing, right? There are all...
by Dana Basu, PsyD | Sep 19, 2018 | Development
Have you ever wished that your baby could just tell you what he wanted? Like in one of those moments when you have tried absolutely everything you can think of, and yet your baby is still crying? Those moments are stressful, and often frustrating when you desperately...
by Dana Basu, PsyD | Aug 17, 2018 | Development
My daughter starts school on Monday. And I am overjoyed! I have been with her all day long almost every day for over three years now. I have played with her. I have sung to her. I have taught her the ABCs and how to label her feelings. We have went on nature walks and...
