Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Let’s Hear It for the Dads! Twice yearly, I pay visit to my beloved redwoods along the coast or somewhere in the northern most part of our beautiful, diverse state.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Raising Girls, Special Challenges Cutting and Self-Injury: What Parents Need to Know At a recent panel discussion on teen behaviors, the audience of parents expressed concern about the prevalence of “cutting” and other... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Parenting Skills, Toddlers And Baby Makes Four: Growing Your Family Your lives are about to change … again. This time, however, you’re more tired, more aware of the difficult early days of infancy,... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year Inconsolable Baby: Why Is My Baby Crying So Much? The dynamics of the parent-child relationship can be profoundly impacted by an inconsolable baby, where persistent crying can strain the... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Encouraging the Highly Competent Child All parents, no matter their circumstances, education, and values, share one fundamental belief: We want the very best for our children.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior What Your Kids Want You to Know but Aren’t Able to Say: Insider Information from the Clinical Eye I’m sure you can picture the scene. You have repeatedly told your child that food goes on the plate or in your mouth. He looks you... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills 10 Ways to Learn in Your Own Backyard Many parents worry about summer slide, the learning loss that can occur while school is out for the summer. Great news: There is a... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Learning to Cope with Strong Emotions Young children are experts at expressing a wide range of powerful emotions daily. From gleeful excitement to intense anger,... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills “What about Me?” In the May 26, 2014 issue of The New Yorker, a cartoon by Paul Noth caught my eye. Two young adult women are sitting on a sofa, glasses... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Helpful Ways to Deal with Difficult Feelings Stress, anger, frustration, and other “negative” feelings—they’re a part of everyone’s life: yours, your spouse’s or... Continue Reading
