Parenting Skills Giving our Children an Important Part of Ourselves As parents, we want nothing more than to provide our children with everything possible. We seek to give them the best education, enroll... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills Create Meaningful Holidays and Minimize Stress: Suggestions and Tips Holidays, here they come. The plans, the lists, the guests, the travel, the gifts … how about some JOY? In general, holidays are... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Mommy Fatigue What better day to write about “mommy fatigue” than this one? Last night, as I tiptoed in to check on my peacefully sleeping girls, I... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills The Worried Warrior: Teaching Your Child to Be Brave I recently heard about a 3rd grade classroom that engaged in an exercise to determine which of the students were “worriers” and which... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Toddlers The Only Child Bond—Saying Good-Bye Recently, one of my clients who is expecting her second child expressed feelings of sadness and guilt over her pregnancy because she was... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Parents as Translators When a young child falls down and hurts him or herself, many parents naturally reach out and console the child with a hug and soothing... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Brain Power — How to Get Stinkin’ Thinkin’ Kids to Be Positive The mind is powerful. Simple words generated by our mind greatly affect how we feel and what we do. Many thought patterns can become... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Going to the Office with Mommy or Daddy—the Positive Discipline Way ‘Tis the season when the kids may be between summertime activities and you might find yourselves without babysitter and childcare at... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Toddlers Keeping Your Cool During the Meltdowns As a child psychologist and father of three strong-willed girls, I have faced my share of meltdowns: from screaming to stomping, name... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips How Do We Ground Helicopter Parenting? Most of us have the best of intentions when it comes to our kids. We won’t hover, and we’ll let our children do things for... Continue Reading
