The Behavioral Health Blog with Nikki Shields

DO make sure your child gets enough sleep. School-aged kids should get between 9 and 11 hours of sleep per night with the little ones…

Topic #2: Think outside the (pill) box. Some people with depression and anxiety prefer non-drug approaches to help them manage their symptoms. Research shows that…

Kids have a new item on their school supply list this year: Masks. Love them or hate them, they are going to be with us…

“Back to School” are words many parents have been waiting to hear for months! As the summer days pass us by though, many parents have…

    After several months of our activities being restricted to home, getting back to “normal” (Is that even a thing anymore?) may be anxiety-provoking…

Families are facing tough decisions right now: Should our kids go back to school or participate in remote learning? Many schools are offering the option…

It’s safe to say 2020 has been one of the strangest years in our kids’ lives — their school year shifted abruptly in March, their…

Your six-year-old just told you that she did not write her name on the wall but her name is very clearly written on the wall…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Well, as I’m writing this, it’s nearly 50 degrees and raining so it seems more like Easter…

There’s a pill for everything these days. I even saw one that can make your poo glittery. Because who doesn’t need glittery poo? When it…