Articles on Parenting
Being a Parent and Not ‘Parenting’
I have a love affair with words, and when society transforms a noun into a verb (verbing), I take note. Examples of this: “xeroxing,” “blogging,” “plating,” “googling” … all convert...
Book Review: Engaging Adolescents
Adolescence is a time when kids individuate from their parents in confusing, and often troubling, ways. For many parents the question becomes not just how to keep them out...
A Step Forward in Our Understanding of C-PTSD
The concept of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, known as C-PTSD for short, was first developed in the early 1990s. As with all scientific advances, not everyone realized its...
Women Reveal the Biggest Lessons Mothering Has Taught Them
Every transition, every change, in our lives teaches us something—if we listen. We learn something about ourselves, about how we want to live, about what matters—and what doesn’t. Motherhood...
Worried about Your Kid Watching “13 Reasons Why”? Here Are 6 Tips
If you are worried about your kid watching the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, you’re right to be. There are disturbingly graphic depictions of violence, rape and suicide. At the...
Using Family Therapy to Treat Teen Substance Abuse
Teens have their own set of circumstances and stressors that can impact their substance abuse behaviors, thus making the need for treatment designed specifically for adolescents extremely important. Teen...
Book Review: Anxiety Free Kids
Having anxiety as an adult can be debilitating. And for a parent, watching a child struggle with anxiety can be heartbreaking and confusing. Many parents have trouble finding the right...
Book Review: Autism & The Family
While we are learning more every day about autism and how it affects a person, what is so often – and so easily– overlooked is just how autism affects...
Book Review: The Ultimate Guide To Raising Teens & Tweens
While teens and tweens spend countless hours on Instagram, facebooking, texting, tweeting, and messaging — all examples the instant gratification world they now live in – the resiliency, resourcefulness, confidence...
Book Review: Raising A Secure Child
Parents, it turns out, make a lot of mistakes. But according to the authors of the new book, Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help...
How Stress Affects Children & How to Manage It
As grown-ups, we all suffer from stress at one point or another, but do your children? Science says yes. According to the American Psychological Association, about 20% of children...
6 Tips for Navigating Work and Parenting—On Your Own Terms
Jessie is a mom to three kids. She also has a portrait business and works from home. Navigating the needs of her kids and the needs of her business...
Book Review: The Developmental Science of Early Childhood
In her new book, The Developmental Science of Early Childhood: Clinical Applications of Infant Mental Health Concepts from Infancy Through Adolescence, Claudia M. Gold draws upon recent research, theory, and...
When Adult Children with OCD Live at Home
Over the years, I have connected with many people whose lives have been affected by OCD. Because I’m a parent whose son has obsessive-compulsive disorder, some of the most...
The Individualized Education Program (IEP): A Powerful, Often Overlooked Solution to Behavioral Problems at School
Behavior problems at school are among the most frequent reasons that parents contact me about their children. Acting out in class, lying about having completed assignments, talking back to...
