Aug 28, 2026
By Shari Shapiro A friend told me a story this week about his daughter. She is starting seventh grade, and the night before school she tried on eight outfits for her mother. He watched part of it from the next room. Eight. He shook his head about it. Middle schoolers!...
Mar 3, 2026
For a long time, I thought I knew how to spot the kids who needed help most. They were the ones getting sent to the hallway. The ones raising their voices, knocking over chairs, and tearing up during math class. The kids whose pain was obvious to everyone. If I’m...
Feb 3, 2026
By Shari L. Shapiro After the holidays, I hear the same thing from parents, grandparents, and teachers: everything feels louder. Routines come back, life speeds up, and that sense of urgency returns. Even if nothing is wrong, the tension is still there. And our kids...
Dec 18, 2025
By Shari L. Shapiro, Executive Director, Kids In Crisis Every day, thousands of cars pass our little unmarked campus on Post Road. People drive to work, to school, and to holiday parties. They pass with coffee cups in hand and children in the back seat, thinking about...
Jul 9, 2025
By Shari L. Shapiro Executive Director, Kids In Crisis The other day, I spoke with a friend who had just spent a week with her grandkids. She laughed as she told me how exhausted she was. “I used to think I raised three kids just fine,” she said, “but now I’m...
Mar 31, 2020
By: Kimberly Lisack, LCSW Kids In Crisis Clinical Director I am afraid to fly. It is a true phobia that makes air travel completely emotionally exhausting for me. I am anxiety ridden for weeks leading up to my departure, uncharacteristically silent driving to the...
