Children and Teens Library

• 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 ...
• Parenting Strategies with Toddlers
  A number of recent workshops with parents of toddlers produced the following list ...
• Infant Feeding Methods and Maternal Sleep and Sleepiness
  The choice to breastfeed an infant is intensely personal. Yet because of the well established health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and ...
• The One You Feed: Helping Your Children Find Their Way
  This story was recently passed on to me. An old Cherokee told his grandson: “My son, ...
• The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
  I've borrowed the title of Dr. Ned Hallowell's book (2002, Ballentine Books) as the title of this ...
• Teens, Texting and Driving: Disaster in the Making
  Having been rear-ended not once but twice in the same month by teens who were texting and driving, ...
• When Your Young Adult Son Wants to Sleep with His Girlfriend in Your House
  My wife and I talk to our son Scott about every ...
• Facing Bipolar: The Young Adult’s Guide to Dealing With Bipolar Disorder
  This book on bipolar disorder is written specifically for teens and young adults with the condition. I chose to read it because I work in the education field and it is helpful to have some ...
• What You Need to Consider Before Having Kids
  Having a baby is a big decision that requires couples to do some serious self-reflecting ...
• Depression in Teens and Children
  Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders in the country and it is on the rise as one ...