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Celebrating the Seasons Helps Promote Family Bonding

Celebrating the Seasons Helps Promote Family Bonding

by Admin | Nov 4, 2020 | Discipline & Behavior

The changing seasons provide us with special opportunities to create lifelong family memories while allowing us to slow down and honor the turning of the year. During the pandemic, celebrating each unique season can lend us perspective and put us in greater touch with...
Living with Stress: COVID-19 and our Mental Health

Living with Stress: COVID-19 and our Mental Health

by Admin | Apr 1, 2020 | Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Special Challenges

It begins when I open my eyes in the morning. A slight heaviness settles on my chest, keeping me under the covers for a few more minutes. It takes effort, but I get up and stagger through my morning routine as if it were a normal day. I make a hot cup of coffee and...
Raising Resilient Children—Lessons from Dr. Madeline Levine

Raising Resilient Children—Lessons from Dr. Madeline Levine

by Admin | Mar 2, 2020 | Parenting Skills

We all want our children to grow into resilient and self-sufficient adults, but it isn’t always clear how to foster those skills in our competitive world. Children today face an increasing amount of pressure from parents, society and the media to succeed....
Real Tips: The Best Advice for New Parents

Real Tips: The Best Advice for New Parents

by Admin | Oct 24, 2019 | Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips

All parents have been there, and all parents can relate to what is certainly one of our most life-changing experiences—that of becoming a new parent. We recently asked our parent readers on social media, and a few of our parenting experts at Parents Place, to share...
Left to Our Own Devices

Left to Our Own Devices

by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Media Safety, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology

By Havi Wolfson Hall, LCSW, Child and Adolescent Therapist and Parent Educator at Parents Place, Palo Alto “Help! My Kid is addicted to their phone!” Multiple scientific research studies are being published about the harmful correlations of screen time and...
8 Tips for Creating a Playful Family

8 Tips for Creating a Playful Family

by Admin | Sep 18, 2019 | Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips

By Susan Sachs Lipman Back to School means back to the grind, right? Endless forms to complete, homework to be done, appointments and schedules, eating and checking in on the go. Yikes! It doesn’t have to be that way. Even the busiest family can benefit from...
Adolescence and Suicide Risk

Adolescence and Suicide Risk

by Admin | May 9, 2019 | Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls

By Beth Berkowitz, PsyD., Director of Children’s Clinical Services and Child Training Institute at JFCS’ Parents Place In California in 2018, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young people 15 — 24 years old. The San Francisco Bay Area...
Nine Ways to Connect with Your Teen

Nine Ways to Connect with Your Teen

by Admin | Apr 21, 2019 | Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens

As the author of a book on slow parenting, I’m often asked by parents if it’s too late to connect or re-connect with their teens. The good news? It’s not. If you’ve already established some nice routines and favorite activities, this can be a...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Toddler Discipline

The Do’s and Don’ts of Toddler Discipline

by Admin | Jan 4, 2019 | Parenting Skills, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Toddlers

By Tom Limbert, M.A, author, parent coach, and workshop leader at Parents Place When it comes to raising toddlers, Dana Carvey once quipped, “They’re not so bad, just keep M&M’s in your pocket and feed ’em here and there.” If only it were so...
Weathering the Storms of Adolescence: To Hold on or Let Go?

Weathering the Storms of Adolescence: To Hold on or Let Go?

by Admin | May 23, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls

During the storms of adolescence it’s a tricky balance for parents to know when to offer support and when to let go. We all want our young adults to be prepared for life, and not be stifled by a “failure to launch” into adulthood. So what’s the best way to...
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