Children and Teens Articles
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- Teens Need A PR Director
The long-standing popular image of teenagers is that they are rebellious, self-centered, risk-taking, and don't want anything to do with their ...
- Moving and Young Children
Moving day. Such excitement! Such distress! An event nearly every family experiences a few times, if not more. The impact on ...
- Q&A: Disciplining a Challenging Preschool Child
Q: My son is four years old and he rules the house. His first response to ...
- Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety
In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed ...
- White Elephants
As I cried, I wanted to believe it was the alcohol that induced Mom’s words. I had to believe it was the alcohol. I don’t want them. The words rang in my ears. That’s the ...
- Easy Steps to Reconnect: A Guide for Emotionally Avoidant Dads
It was torture for Jason when his 13-year-old ...
- Money and Your Children
From small allowances for young children to bank accounts and credit cards for college students, parents have many questions and ...
- Things to Consider When Choosing a Residential Treatment Program for OCD
I’ve written before about my son Dan’s stay at an intensive residential program for ...
- How to Put Parenting First and Tame the To-Do List
The mom I was talking with the other ...
- Adolescent Tragedies and My Teenager
Once again I am writing about a terrible tragedy. Fifteen dead children. Fifteen lives ...
- Where Have All the Bicycles Gone? Kids Today
Childhood has moved indoors.
What a shame.
Children are meant to be running free in open spaces, ...
- Q&A: Coping with a Difficult Temperament
Q. Our seven-year-old son is very sensitive and throws many tantrums. He usually starts his day in a ...
- Community, Libraries and Mental Health
Unlike his colleague Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler -- another early 20th century psychologist -- wasn’t interested in analyzing ...
- Finding the Right College
Parents: Please note that this column is meant to be shared with your teenager.
Okay, you made ...
- Losing Our Moral Compass: The Negative Effects of Overstressing Academic Achievement
I look at the story headlines in various magazines and newspapers. “Gotta Start ...
- More on Disciplining a Challenging Preschooler
In a prior column I wrote about how to teach self-control to a 4-year-old boy who constantly challenged ...
- Disciplining Older Teenagers
Beer cans in a closet, pot in a glove compartment, groundings or curfews ignored, abusive language... not necessarily ...
- Tips for Successful Toilet Training
Few issues in child-rearing create as much anxiety for mothers and fathers as toilet training.
And few issues generate as much ...
- Being a Grownup When Your Kid Hates You
This column tells a story based on a composite of real-life situations in therapy to represent both teen and ...
- Revisiting a School Program that Rescued ‘Losers’
A few years ago, I read Dr. Bob Brooks’ monthly article which focused on one of his favorite themes: schools ...
- When Crisis Becomes Chronic: What to do When Friendships Fade
It’s a common experience. Something goes wrong in ...
- Reflections on Grass Root Changes in Educating Children
A few years ago, I was sitting at my desk this morning and reviewing several articles ...
- Schools Fail to Educate at Least 30 Percent of Our Students
“No Child Left Behind” is a joke.
Most of the ...
- Parents Gone Wild at Easter Egg Hunt
The headline on our local paper reads, “A few rotten eggs spoil Easter Hunt.” Parents, who were supposed to ...
- Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope
Ben Behind His Voices is an inspirational story about a family’s experience with schizophrenia. The focus of Randye Kaye’s book is on her son Ben, who struggled for many years with mental health and substance ...
