by Meaghan McClung | Apr 22, 2025 | Parenting, Boundaries, Communication
Note: If you are a parent who experienced childhood sexual trauma, please consider speaking with a mental health professional for the best guidance on how to discuss this subject with your child. We’ve all read the statistics about child sexual abuse. The...
by Meaghan McClung | Sep 24, 2024 | Parenting, Communication, Independence, Uncategorized
When children start preschool at AFM, they come from a wide variety of past experiences. Some children are accustomed to being dropped off at daycare, and have relatively no anxiety about starting school in a new place. For those children without any past experience...
by Meaghan McClung | Aug 19, 2024 | Parenting
Every parent has, at one time or another, been completely caught off guard by a “difficult question”, dun, dun, dun. You know the type, “Mom, what happens when we die?” or the classic, “Where do babies come from?” Sometimes you...
by Meaghan McClung | Nov 4, 2019 | Montessori, Boundaries, Limits, Parenting
Arguably, one of the most important jobs you have as a parent is to establish boundaries with, and for your child. Children are not capable of establishing their own boundaries, and yet they have a deep developmental need to know what the boundaries are. If you think...
by Meaghan McClung | Feb 4, 2019 | Montessori, Independence, Parenting, Practical Life
In the Montessori curriculum, the Practical Life activities are some of the first lessons presented to our students. This curriculum includes activities designed to help a child to learn how to do everyday tasks such as: pouring water, stringing beads, using tongs,...
by Meaghan McClung | Nov 19, 2018 | Montessori, Communication, Holidays, Parenting
By Meaghan McClung As a parent, I sometimes think of the holiday season with equal parts joy and dread. Of course, I’m excited about the family gatherings, the sharing of traditions, the gift giving, and the food! But I’m also a bit apprehensive. The high activity and...
