Why Does My Child Melt Down at Home But Behave Perfectly at School? If you’ve ever picked your child up from a great day at school — glowing reports from the teacher, no behavior issues, a gold star on their chart — only to watch them unravel into a screaming meltdown the moment you get […]

Signs Your Child’s Anxiety Needs Professional Support vs. Typical Worry Every child worries. A little one might cry at daycare drop-off, a second grader might dread a spelling test, and a teenager might lie awake nervous about a big game. Worry is a normal, even healthy, part of childhood development — it helps kids learn […]

Co-Parenting After Divorce: Therapist-Backed Communication Strategies That Actually Reduce Conflict Divorce ends a marriage, but when children are involved, it doesn’t end the relationship — it changes it. Co-parents are asked to do something genuinely difficult: continue making decisions together, coordinating schedules, and showing up for their kids alongside someone they may have deep hurt, […]

Recognizing Depression in Teens vs. “Normal” Moodiness: What Parents Miss If you’re raising a teenager, you already know the territory: slammed doors, one-word answers, hours behind a closed bedroom door, and moods that can shift from sullen to sunny and back again before dinner. Adolescence is, by nature, an emotional and unpredictable stretch of development. […]

Signs Your Child’s Anxiety Needs Professional Help: An Age-by-Age Guide Every child worries. A little one might cling to a parent’s leg on the first day of preschool, a fourth-grader might feel butterflies before a spelling bee, and a teenager might lie awake the night before a big game. Worry is a normal, even healthy, […]

  Parenting Series Back to School, Back to Anxiety: Helping Kids and Teens Navigate the New School Year The last weeks of summer bring a familiar mix of emotions into homes across America — excitement about new backpacks and school supplies, but also a quiet undercurrent of nervousness that many parents recognize but don’t always […]

Back to School, Back to Big Feelings: A Guide for Parents and Kids Every August, something shifts. The lazy mornings start to feel numbered, the school supply aisles fill up, and alongside the excitement of new backpacks and fresh notebooks, a quieter feeling often creeps in — for kids and parents alike. Anxiety about the […]

How Social Media Has Changed Parenting Twenty years ago, parenting advice came from pediatricians, grandparents, well-worn baby books, and the occasional conversation over the backyard fence. Today, it arrives in an endless scroll — filtered, hashtagged, and often delivered by a stranger with a ring light and a strong opinion. Social media hasn’t just changed […]

Is It OK to Monitor Your Child’s Apps and Social Media? A Therapist’s Perspective If you’ve ever hovered your thumb over your child’s phone, wondering whether to check their messages, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common questions parents bring into our sessions at Rochester Therapy Center: Am I protecting my child by […]

Parenting Through Social Media Culture: A Guide for Modern Families There was a time when the biggest worry parents had about screens was how much TV a child watched before dinner. That world feels almost quaint now. Today’s parents are navigating something far more complex: a digital ecosystem where algorithms compete for their child’s attention, […]

Understanding Bullying: What Every Parent, Kid, and Teen Should Know Bullying is one of those words that gets used a lot — in schools, in the news, on social media — but its real meaning often gets lost in the shuffle. At Rochester Therapy Center, we work with children, teens, and families who are navigating […]

Helping Kids Bounce Back from Too Much Screen Time Screens are everywhere in a child’s life now — school assignments, video chats with grandparents, games, social media, and endless streaming. A certain amount of screen use is simply part of modern childhood. But when screen time creeps past what’s healthy, parents often start noticing setbacks: […]