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Managing Family Mental Health During Times of Uncertainty

Keeping Yourself & Your Family Mentally Healthy During Uncertain Times

Keeping Yourself & Your Family Mentally Healthy During Uncertain Times by Caitlyn Hartjes, School Psychology Graduate Student Keeping our children and ourselves happy and healthy is always a challenge, but in times of unrest and uncertainty it seems as if we are trying to accomplish the impossible. Anxiety is something that we all may be facing to a certain extent. It is typically rooted in a sense of rigidity, and a feeling that life is out of control, which today’s

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At-Home Activity Bingo

At-Home Activity Bingo

At-Home Family Activity Bingo We love playing games and we hope you do too! We’ve created a printable Bingo card, with fun activities linked in the squares that will keep the kiddos (and sometimes parents too!) busy. Simply print it off and get Bingo once or many times over by completing lots of the challenges. Once you’ve gotten Bingo at least once (use a marker or pen to circle the squares you’ve completed), snap a photo of your winning card,

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Preparing Your Preschooler for the Arrival of a New Baby

Preparing Your Preschooler for the Arrival of a New Baby

Preparing Your Preschooler for the Arrival of a New Baby by Jessica Burfield, DONA International-trained Postpartum Doula Bringing a new baby into your family is an exciting event! But for toddlers and preschool-age children, this new development in their life will take some getting used to. Here are some tips on making the adjustment as smooth as possible for the entire family.  The excitement toward a new baby and the adjustment period will depend on the age of your children.

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Easy, Healthy School Lunch Ideas (That Your Preschooler Will Love!)

At The Well, we have “Try It Tuesdays” where the preschoolers make and try a new lunch recipe each week in our “test kitchen”. We are sharing some of our favorite lunches with you! We know that packing lunches can get monotonous, so we want to give you some fresh ideas. We also know that preschoolers can be picky eaters, which is why we had our little scholars taste test them first! We’d say it is our “cookbook”, but the

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