Reena Bernards
- Dec 30, 2018
- 4 min
Let Them Cry It Out–But Not Alone!
When a newborn arrives, it calls out into the world. As her parents take her into their arms and provide care they learn to respond to...
Reena Bernards
- May 22, 2017
- 4 min
Why Children Lie and How to Craft a Response
Many parents become undone when a child lies to them. Projecting in the future, parents fear that deceit will become habitual and last...
Reena Bernards
- Mar 18, 2015
- 3 min
Putting the Love Back into Tough Love
Ever since Bill Milliken, a Christian minister working with at-risk youth in New York’s lower East Side, wrote a book in 1968 by the...
Reena Bernards
- Mar 18, 2014
- 4 min
How to Make the College Application Year “Chill,” for You and Your Teenager
Spring is here and high school juniors are just now finding letters in their mailboxes that tell them whether a college has accepted them...