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Prioritizing Your Child’s Comfort: A Guide for Parents Navigating a Chronic Medical Diagnosis

Mar 20, 2023 | ,

Prioritizing Your Child’s Comfort: A Guide for Parents Navigating a Chronic Medical Diagnosis

We’re honored to welcome a new contributor this month. Meet Dr. Maureen Michele, life coach, author, general pediatrician, allergist/immunologist, and mama to three. She provides coaching and support to parents of chronically ill kids, and in this article, offers guidance to families facing a chronicle medical diagnosis in how to best support their kids through the journey. We happen to think this advice is great for families facing routine medical experiences, too!

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How to Help Your Child Take Medicine

Jan 5, 2023 | ,

How to Help Your Child Take Medicine

Certified Child Life Specialist, Child Life on Call founder, and expert Piper + Enza contributor Katie Taylor shares some ideas and strategies to help your child take medicine more easily — something that parents and caretakers are challenged with all too often!

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How to Make Resolutions for Emotional Wellness—And Keep Them

Dec 29, 2022 | ,

How to Make Resolutions for Emotional Wellness—And Keep Them

New year, new you! Right? Honestly, the concept of setting and keeping New Year’s resolutions can bring on more pressure than anything else—so why not rethink them? This month, Giselle Baumet talks through how we can focus on resolutions for emotional wellness, especially for parents, and how this can serve as a basis for reaching other personal goals.

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How Can I Stop Being SAD in the Winter?

Nov 17, 2022 |

How Can I Stop Being SAD in the Winter?

Here at Piper+Enza, we want to make sure kids and their families have all the resources they need for a better physical and mental health journey. In the fall and winter seasons, with their colder, shorter days, many adults (and some kids) experience seasonal mood changes. So we asked our experts, including child psychologist Dr. Mary Goodarzi and herbalist and educator Giselle Baumet, to help us answer the question: How can I stop being SAD in the winter?

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How to Talk to Kids About Death

Oct 12, 2022 | , ,

How to Talk to Kids About Death

Have you ever wondered about how the passing of a loved one would affect your child, and how you might support them—especially if you are grieving yourself? As El Día de los Muertos approaches, this topic has been on our minds, so we asked our friend, positive parenting educator (and multi-hyphenate) Giselle Baumet to give us some sage advice on how to talk to kids about death.

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I Stopped Teaching My Kids to be “Brave”

Sep 13, 2022 | ,

I Stopped Teaching My Kids to be “Brave”

So many parents of young kids today were taught to handle fear, sadness, or adversity by being tough and holding back emotions. Our founder Rita Ho-Bezzola talks about why she stopped teaching her kids to be “brave” and her approach to supporting these feelings in a more constructive way.  

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