The Parentologist

Let’s Talk About: Toddler Fashion & Fancy Frogz

My daughter I s very into her fashion these days, but then again what 2 year-old isn’t? She not only loves to use her imagination and play dress up but she also loves to pick out her own clothes to wear each day! She loves tutus and everything that has bright colors and patterns, glitter and sparkles. Each and every… Read More

Let’s Talk About: 10 Tips to Help you Feel Less Overwhelmed by Housework

Are you stressed and overwhelmed by your endless list of chores that need to be done around the house? I know I get that way, especially when I am backlogged on my list and the piles of dishes and laundry keep adding up. Our time and energy is limited so doing housework on top of working, taking care of children,… Read More

Let’s Talk About: 6 Steps to Having your Child Comply with your Requests and Behave the Way you Want!

A parent’s job is rarely easy. It’s a wonder how we ever accomplish anything at all on such little sleep and with the demands of work, raising children, finances, our relationship with our significant other, and household duties like cleaning and cooking. But each and every day we wake up and we do our best. We feed, bathe, and give… Read More

Let’s Talk About: 7 Tips to Worry Less

What keeps you up at night? We all worry, especially as parents. Whether it be worrying about our children, our finances, our health, our age, or our marriage/significant relationships, we all worry. The GOOD NEWS is that chronic worrying is a mental habit that can be broken. You can actually train your brain to stay calm and look at life… Read More

Let’s Talk About: The Top 5 Vacation Destinations for Families with Small Children

If you are anything like my family, we start planning our travel for the summer about this time. Where are you going to travel this year with your family? Wherever you go, traveling with little ones can be challenging at times and is much different than before you had children. You can make almost anywhere work with young children if… Read More

Let’s Talk About: The Top 20 Holiday Books for Children

This is my favorite season of the year. We begin all of our Christmas preparations the day after Thanksgiving. We typically start the day by going as a family to the local tree lot and picking out our annual Christmas tree. We then hang the Christmas wreath on the door and bring out all of the Christmas boxes from the… Read More

Let’s Talk About: Tips For Traveling with Little Ones

Thanksgiving is a time for food, family, football, and shopping. The long holiday weekend also kicks off the busiest time of year for long distance travel, increasing road and air travel by up to 54%. Roads are congested and airports are packed. The holidays can be stressful enough with the pressure of blending families and spending time with in-laws so… Read More

Let’s Talk About: Raw Amber Necklaces

I have found that I get asked more questions about my daughter’s raw amber necklace from strangers more than anything else when we go out in public. What is it? Does it work? How does it work? Where did you buy it? I am continually surprised that more parents don’t know about the benefits of raw amber so today I… Read More

Who is The Parentologist?

For my first blog, I thought I’d start by introducing myself. I figure if you are going to come along on this journey with me you should have an idea of who I am and how I got here. My passion for psychology first began when I was a freshman in college. I enrolled in two psychology courses and I fell… Read More