Ask Dr. Donna -Helping Children Talk About Their Emotions
Dear Dr. Donna, How can I get my daughter to talk about her emotions? It is always a challenge when we know our children are experiencing big emotions and they don’t have the knowledge or tools to appropriately express them or are reluctant to talk to us about how they are feeling. How do we […]
ASK Dr. Donna-Changing the Legacy of Avoiding Emotions: Freeing Children to Feel
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ASK Dr. Donna-Helping children deal with failure (of expectations)
Dear Dr. Donna, Our 9-year-old son is academically gifted and a talented athlete. As a result of his success in the classroom and on the baseball field, we find that when things get tough or he is faced with failure, he struggles to maintain his composure and persevere. He is his own worst critic. We […]
ASK Dr. Donna-Bedtime Routines and Rituals for a Restful Night’s Sleep for All
Dear Dr. Donna,My son just turned 3 and he struggles to stay in his bed at night. Until he falls asleep, he will run into my room about every 20 minutes with his blanket in tow. I feel that he is just trying to spend time with me since I don’t see him a lot […]
Ask Dr. Donna: The Challenges of a THREEnager
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Ask Dr. Donna: Home for the Holidays- Covid and Anxiety?
Many people will be gathering for the first time in almost two years. This will bring on stress and anxiety for some as they navigate vaccine status, politics and the general strains of gathering family from near and far.
Introducing ASK Dr. Donna
As a clinical child psychologist and early childhood child development specialist, Dr. Donna Housman has spent more than 35 years studying the emotional world of children, training educators and parents, and helping children become the boss of all their emotions starting from birth.