November Is Adoption Awareness Month
November Is Adoption Awareness Month Find Out How Arkansas Families First Supports Adoption & Adoptive Families November is adoption awareness month. Here at Arkansas Families First, we believe in and support adoption and adoptive families. We have clinicians who have personal and professional experience with adoption and hold it close to our hearts. So, every November, we [...]
Domestic Violence: What You Need To Know
Understanding & Identifying Domestic Violence According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, domestic violence is a “pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship.” Victims of domestic violence do not always meet the same profile. Domestic violence can occur among people of varying identities such as [...]
Attention Parents! Break Free From The Picky Eating Trap!
Breaking Free of the Picky Eating Trap Many families struggle with picky eating. They often find themselves stuck in the same repetitive cycle where the child shuts down at the sight of certain foods, and parents get anxious about food intake and frustrated at their inability to “make” their child eat. If you’re struggling with a picky [...]
Invaluable Tips To Reduce Children’s School-related Anxiety During the COVID Pandemic
Invaluable Tips for Helping Children with School-related Anxiety During the COVID Pandemic As we approach another school year and COVID numbers are on the rise again, we are here to offer some advice. Kids & Anxiety Sometimes children can express anxiety and sometimes they cannot. It is important to understand [...]
Preparing Your Preschooler for Success: Tips for Tantrums
If you are a parent of a toddler or preschooler, then it is very likely that you have experienced the behaviors commonly referred to as “tantrums” or “meltdowns.” When your sweetie falls down, kicking, screaming, hitting, crying, etc. as a result of a seemingly minor conflict or even no recognizable conflict at all, is this normal? How do we help our [...]
Back to School During Covid
Usually, at this time of year, we might begin thinking and preparing for our children to return to school. That is the same this year, although so much else is different. This article briefly considers some common concerns regarding returning to school during a global pandemic and provides resources for further exploration. First, we’ll consider some recommendations specifically related to [...]
