Being the parent your student-athlete needs you to be requires self-awareness, honesty, communications skills and tough love – What, that’s all? – according to an Akron Children’s Hospital sports psychologist. Allyson Weldon, PhD, provides some common scenarios and fundamental guidance for parents. Are they having fun? Is it their dream they’re living on the field, […]
Nurturing Families Program helps people make healthy parenting choices
When Crystal Colbert became a first-time mom to her son, Cairo, she had a lot of parenting questions. “I had a best friend who had gone through Akron Children’s Nurturing Families Program, and she spoke very highly of it,” says Crystal. “The Nurturing Families Program, a program of the hospital’s External Affairs department, is a […]
COVID leads to lessons for local parents
Stephanie and Rich Abatangelo are busy working parents of four children, ages 3 to 10. She’s a teacher and he’s in law enforcement, so they should be able to handle anything, right? Tell that to COVID-19. The family spent two weeks in the clutches of the virus as it hit mom and dad hard. And while none of the kids had any symptoms, […]
