Grandparents Roles – Wake Up Grandma!

Barbara Scoville is the mother of seven, and a licensed clinical social worker practicing psychotherapy in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 Have you ever had one of those moments when something so powerful happened that it seemed as though time stood still, and truth was revealed in such a way you could not deny? I had one of those singular moments a couple of weeks ago, that has caused me to reflect deeply on my role as a grandma.

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Can 20 Minutes Change Your Child’s Life?

Barbara Scoville is the mother of seven, and a licensed clinical social worker practicing psychotherapy in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A couple of years ago I attended a professional conference in which John M. Gottman, Ph.D. was the presenter. Dr. Gottman is an internationally acclaimed, research based psychologist, not to mention popular author on the subject of significant relationships. In the conference he presented these startling statistics…

 

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A Dragonfly Day

Barbara Scoville is the mother of seven, and a licensed clinical social worker practicing psychotherapy in Salt Lake City, Utah.

It was eight o’clock in the morning when I drove into the parking lot. I should’ve been in the office by 7:45, but it was another one of those days when everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

I parked my car, grabbed my briefcase, purse and lunch bag, and ran up the stairs to my office. Fortunately my client had not arrived, so I made the rounds, mindlessly opening the curtains, flipping on the lights and radio, and as I was sprinting down the hall to my office, I noticed a giant… and I do mean GIANT bug on my sleeve.

 

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