The anonymity of online spaces means that kids are coming across blatant racism while gaming and consuming social media. How does this impact young people of color? Today, Dr. Coor talks with Dr. Rob Eschmann about that and what parents can do to support kids who experience online racism.

Have you become overly involved in your child’s sports participation - to the point where it might be veering into being disruptive and unhealthy? In this episode, Dr. Coor talks about healthy ways to support your child’s participation in sports.

7 steps to take that can help you build confidence and self-esteem as a parent.

One of the most internally agitating experiences is to see your child struggling in their social relationships - which can lead to anxiety about your child’s future social life. Today, I’m talking about how to support your child when they come to you with their friendship problems.

When your child fully understands their own diagnoses it not only means they can more easily explain their challenges to friends and family, but it also empowers them to ask for what they need at school. Today I’m talking about helping your child build those self-advocacy skills while they're young so they have lots of opportunities to practice and gain self-confidence in asking for support once they’re out in the real world.

Today I’m talking about ways to bolster your BIPOC child’s self-esteem and resiliency in the face of systemic educational disparities.

A child’s ability to exercise self-control is directly related to how successful they can be in a traditional school setting.

You believe that because your child won’t change, the situation is hopeless—and you’re helpless to do anything about it.

The anticipation of territorial disputes over toys, disagreements about games and play styles, fierce competitions, bouts of jealousy, and clashes in values can fill you with dread.

As you try to help them dive into the assignments, it becomes painfully clear that this tortuous nightly ritual is anything but productive.

The start of a new school year can be challenging if your child is easily overstimulated and highly sensitive to change, social demands, and academic pressures.

The Five Secrets are made up of three listening skills and two expressive skills: the disarming technique, thought empathy, feeling empathy, inquiry, assertiveness, and affirmation.

Continuing with my month-long series on using elements of various communication approaches to improve your parent-child relationship, this week I’m talking about Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, or CPS for short.

Today’s episode is about using Parent Effectiveness Training to increase connection and trust in your relationship with your child.

Nonviolent communication, or NVC, is a communication strategy—and also a lens through which you can look at life—that can be used to connect with others and resolve conflict in a respectful and compassionate way.

July is Disability Pride Month and today I’m talking about ways parents can help in the fight to change the ways society values people with disabilities.

You’re going to have a really hard time providing that co-regulation if your own emotional regulation skills are shaky.

Proactively prepare for a second child by arranging for help and self-care way ahead of time.

Recently, a parent reached out to me about their concern for their daughter’s increasing body weight, along with their fear of passing on to her the unhealthy messages about weight they learned from their own parents.

Whether it’s a trip to the grocery store or a 16-hour flight across the globe, a parent’s best defense is a good offense—in the form of preparation.

The theme for NYC Pride Month is “Strength in Solidarity,'' reflecting the power and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies. In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor shares tips for ‘inoculating’ BIPOC LGBTQIA+ kids against the slings and arrows of growing up amidst the ‘viruses’ of the gender binary, heteronormativity, and white supremacy.

The theme for NYC Pride Month is “Strength in Solidarity”, reflecting the power and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies.

In many ways, raising emotionally healthy kids is no different for LGBTQIA+ parents than it is for any other parents—but they have different challenges to face.

Here are some ideas for creating a safe and affirming home for your LGBTQIA+ child.

Sensory processing is a complex process in which your child’s senses gather information from the environment and send it back to their brain for interpretation and response.