Parenting Articles

Listed by most recent articles first.

• Length of Stay for Residential OCD Treatment
  Toward the end of his freshman year of college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
• It’s Halloween: Recognizing Our Shadow Side
  “From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night, good Lord, deliver us!” ~ An old ...
• OCD and ADHD: Is There a Connection?
  By the end of his freshman year in college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
• The Development of Food Preferences
  The development of food preferences begins very early, even before birth. And likes and dislikes change as we grow into adults. ...
• What To Do About Attention-Seeking Kids
  The preschooler I observed in the grocery store yesterday was doing everything she could to get her mom’s attention. She whined. ...
• October is Domestic Violence Month
  Domestic violence remains a huge and largely hidden problem. The purple ribbons you may have seen recently on car bumpers and people’s ...
• A Toolkit for School Success: 15 Study Tips for Students with ADHD
  Because of the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), students with the disorder ...
• Learning from Resilient Kids
  In 1955, researchers Emmy Werner (University of California, Davis) and Ruth Smith (licensed psychologist, Kauai) began a longitudinal study that followed all of ...
• The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us
  I am what science calls a singleton. And according to G. Stanley Hall, a psychologist, professor and the first president of the American Psychological Association, I am without a doubt narcissistic, spoiled and a bumbling ...
• Runaway Mind: My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder
  Runaway Mind by Maggie Reese was a thoroughly enjoyable, engaging and educational book filled with firsthand accounts of what life can be like with bipolar disorder.  Maggie invites us into her life during this very ...
• Executive Function Problem or Just a Lazy Kid: Part 2
  Executive development happens primarily in the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain more sensitive to stress ...
• Executive Function Problem or Just a Lazy Kid: Part 1
  Executive functioning is the new “hot” umbrella term used by teachers, counselors, and parents to describe a ...
• Supporting Your 20-Something Child into Healthy Adulthood
  Are we doing enough to support our 20-somethings' transition into a healthy adulthood? In some ways, today’s young adults have ...
• Understanding Recovery Avoidance in OCD
  Dan would sit in a chair for hours, “stuck” and unable to move. He couldn’t eat, socialize, or enter most buildings. My ...
• Mistaken for ADHD
  After reading this book I believe the title says it all: “Mistaken for ADHD.” The author, Dr. Frank Barnhill, attempts to help parents, teachers, social workers and doctors who deal with adolescents and young children ...
• Home-School Collaboration for Children with Learning Disabilities
  The transition into elementary school can be especially tough for our children with learning disabilities and challenging behavior. Whether ...
• How a Bully Is Made
  The short- and long-term harm done to bullying victims has received much attention lately. The complex web of factors which go into ...
• Modeling Healthy Behavior for Your Children
  It is important to recognize that parents can do everything possible and still have a child fall into unhealthy behaviors. But ...
• Helping or Enabling? A Fine Line When Dealing with OCD
  Parenting for me has often involved following my instincts and using good common sense. Whether it ...
• The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
  As the parent of a teen, you might feel exactly like this mother: “My daughter went to high school her first day as a freshman and never returned. I lost my baby!” But you might ...
• Tiger Mother: Son of a Bitch
  It is hard to summarize and review Tiger Mother: Son of a Bitch without an undercurrent of disgust, even when trying to temper it with pity.  Derrick Lin’s self-published work, written in “a matter of ...
• Five Ways To Create a Secure Attachment with Your Baby, Without Sharing Your Bed
  After giving birth the first time, I stayed home for three months, ...
• The Way of the Comedian
  This article has been excerpted from Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve by Nichole Force, M.A. According to a tale in the ...
• Resetting Roles: A Challenge for Everyone
  A new study by Forbes Woman and the pregnancy website TheBump.com found that 92 percent of working moms and 89 ...
• Reconnect with Your Family: Have a Hotdog
  You may have seen the commercial on TV. A dad comes home, weary after a hard day of work. ...