BERGEN COUNTY MOMS

If you want a loving connection with your teen, there must be times you’re not in fix-it mode. Worry needs to take a back seat. You’re...

Someday… It’s good to have dreams; it’s even better to do something about making them reality. There were some pretty significant hopes...

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Do you ever hear a little voice inside that says, "Are you sure you want to do that?" Equal to love, fear is the great motivator. When...

If you think about it, one of the most important jobs parents have, from the day their kids are born, is to set them up to successfully...

Do you believe you must have an answer immediately? Bad move. There are so many reasons to put on the brakes and wait until you're calm....

Please stop resisting the 'bad' days. A key to getting through them with more ease and calm is to accept that they're going to happen....

A mom is intensely focused on the adult child from a second marriage, analyzing every interaction, every response. This child is...

A few weeks ago, I pulled the slow cooker down from a high shelf of one of my kitchen cabinets, reuniting with an old friend whose...

Intense, overwhelming feelings stop you in your tracks. You can’t think clearly. Your feelings are spinning out of control and taking you...

Body image is just one facet of human psychological development. But our perception of our physical body – and how we feel about that...

We all know that to be a student at Saddle River Day School, one must have the intellectual curiosity and capacity to succeed. But ask an...

Do you ever default to doing what's easy? Giving in and giving up don't serve your child. Tough love doesn't always mean drastic...

In coaching we ask “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” The fear of failure stops your teen (maybe you?) in their tracks....

Move over Tonys, a new award show is taking centerstage this spring. The inaugural bergenPAC High School Musical Awards will celebrate...

Are you the deer in the headlights when your child tells you what a bad parent you are? With all your love and good intentions, it's...

Mindset. It’s the key to everything. For a good part of my life I had strong beliefs, limiting beliefs, about myself, life and my place...

Grit has been described as “perseverance and passion for long-term goals” with an “unyielding courageousness in the face of hardship.”...

Anyone who cares for a teen or tween would probably agree that kids this age are experts at presenting a strong case when they want...

Bergen Debate Club, the top debate academy in New Jersey, is an educational program delivered in person and online, focused exclusively...