Parenting Articles

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• Intimate Relationships As a Vehicle for Growth
  The old paradigm for couples was pretty simple: The man went to work, brought home the money and paid ...
• Daddies Do Make A Difference
  “Congratulations on your wife’s pregnancy,” I said to an acquaintance I ran into in the parking lot at the grocery store. ...
• Constancy, Care and Courage: The 3 Cs of Successful Fathering
  Fathers Day is coming around again. On the third Sunday of June in the U.S., ...
• 6 Benefits of Roughhousing for Kids
  I've attended one play dates too many when parents flinch at the first sign of physical engagement between two ...
• 4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
  Teens are known for being a moody, rebellious, egocentric and emotional bunch. But while this is ...
• Activities That Pay When There Are No Paying Jobs
  It’s June. Your 15- or 16- or 17-year-old has halfheartedly, or even wholeheartedly, looked for a summer job. The competition is fierce. In a weak economy, adults are taking jobs that once were the ...
• Madness Made Plain: Henry’s Demons
  Henry’s Demons is what madness is all about. Patrick Cockburn, war correspondent for The Independent in London, writes this book about another war -- the war against schizophrenia within his own son, Henry. Moreover, Henry ...
• Teens with Intellectual Disability Have it Harder
  Trudy is 16 and attends the local high school. Her mother tells me she’s always been an affectionate, optimistic ...
• Hints To Help Kids Get Enough Sleep
  Setting healthy sleep habits when your child is young is key for their wellbeing. Here, Stephanie Silberman, Ph.D, clinical ...
• Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong
  Intellectually we know that making a mistake gives us the opportunity to learn and grow. Still, that usually does little to assuage our shame, embarrassment and guilt when making an error. Of course, it depends ...
• 15 Insights on Improving Mother-Daughter Relationships
  Mother-daughter relationships are complex and diverse. Some mothers and daughters are best friends. Others talk once a week. Some see ...
• 7 Ways Parents Can Help Their Teens Get Enough Sleep
  You might be surprised to learn that teens actually need more sleep than adults. Unfortunately, they tend to be ...
• Parenting Teens and Tweens: Being an Available Parent
  In addition to the inherent challenges of raising kids during the adolescent years, “Parenting teens and tweens today is a brave new world indeed,” according ...
• Mother’s Day is About More Than Cards
  My 90+ year old friend is incensed about Mother’s Day.  “It’s just a day made up to sell cards,” ...
• Keeping Your Child Free from Addiction
  The single most pressing concern for the parents I see in my psychotherapy practice, whether their child is 4 ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression
  Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety by Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D. And Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT is a very good read for such a serious subject that not only teaches ...
• Crisis of Confidence in a Teen: It’s a Family Matter
  The characters in the following vignette are fictitious. They were derived from a composite of people ...
• 15 Ways To Support a Loved One with Serious Mental Illness
  Supporting a loved one with mental illness presents many challenges. But one of them ...
• Book Review: Mortal Bonds
  Losing one parent is devastating. But losing both parents within 13 days of each other? In his eBook memoir, Mortal Bonds, John Tsilimparis recounts his parents’ difficult deaths, his father from various health conditions and ...
• Parenting As a Team When You’re Living Apart
  Perhaps your wife or husband is deployed. Or maybe one of you had to take a job in ...
• Understanding and Managing Your Controlling Mother
  You are 35 years old and your mom is still trying to run your life. She doesn’t approve of your boyfriend. She thinks your best ...
• Parents Important in the Prevention, Awareness of Eating Disorders
  Eating disorders are now epidemic in the United States. Approximately 11 million women and girls struggle ...
• 9 Psychologist-Approved Must-Reads on Mental Health
  Psychologists are a discerning bunch when it comes to books. Because of their insider’s view of mental ...
• Help Your Intellectually Disabled Child Handle Bullying
  “Sticks and stones will break my bones But words will never hurt me.” ~Children’s chant The chant is a lie! It may ...