Articles on Parenting
Book Review: Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Kids
No parent is a stranger to the often intense and overwhelming outbursts of a child. But when children experience the strong emotions that propel their behavior, many parents also...
Book Review: Helping Your Angry Teen
If you are the parent of a teenager, I’m willing to bet you’ve experienced some anger. I’m also willing to bet that you were unsure how to diffuse the...
Book Review: Option B
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of the bestselling book Lean In, was vacationing with her seemingly healthy 47-year-old husband Dave Goldberg when her life changed in an...
Book Review: What’s Mom Still Got To Do With It?
“We don’t dispute the depth of our mother’s influence in our everyday lives, but when it comes to the workplace we draw an invisible line that we think keeps...
Book Review: Help Your Kids With Adolescence
Adolescence is often experienced as a confusing, overwhelming time for teenagers. For parents of teenagers, the years of transition from childhood to adulthood can be equally confusing and frustrating....
Book Review: Engaging Adolescents
“The two biggest issues facing parents today are how to sort out what difficult behavior really is and how to manage it,” writes Michael Hawton. In his new book,...
Book Review: Hero
While we often talk about raising children in the right neighborhood, and ensuring that they attend the right college and study the right things, when it comes to raising children...
Book Review: Blinded by Hope
The words, “You’ve suffered no hardship,” ring in Meg McGuire’s ears as she watches her forty-three year old son receive a sentence to four years in prison. It is then that...
Book Review: Crazy-Stressed
“If you think your teen is more stressed, anxious, and depressed than you were back in your teen day, you’re right. If you think that’s because he’s lazy and...
Posting About Your Kids Online? Here’s What to Consider
Most parents post pictures and videos of their kids on social media. In fact, one survey found that 92 percent of kids already had an online presence by the...
How to Use Media to Start a Parent-Teen Conversation About Mental Health
Using TV Shows and Social Media to Initiate Conversations About Mental Health Mental health is a tough topic to tackle with teenagers, especially when they are often defensive, distant,...
Book Review: Transgender Children & Youth
Transgender youth, particularly transgender youth of color, are disproportionately the targets of bullying, familial abuse and violence in our society. LGBT youth make up a significant portion of the...
Can’t Do Date Night and No Childcare? 9 Connection Builders for Couples
Having kids is a beautiful, wonderful and fulfilling adventure. But it also adds stress to your relationship. After all, extra responsibilities and resources—finite things like money and your energy—are...
Transitioning to the New School Year Starts NOW
It’s the last week of August. Summer vacation and summer routines end. The school year routine begins. Even if the kids have been in daycare or camps or recreation...
Back to School Blues: 9 Ways to Help Your Tween Go Back to School with Ease
It’s almost that time again…the transition to a new school year. This can be a time of joy and excitement for some and it can also be a time...
