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3 Strategies to Improve Communication with Your Kids

in Acting Out, Behavior, Child And Adolescent Counseling, Childhood Development, Discipline, Emotional Development Of Children, Evolution of the brain, Parenting, Parenting Blog February 5, 2018 2541 0 0

As a parent of two small kids and a psychotherapist, who works with families and their children, I try to always be learning parenting strategies and effective ways to communicate with kids of different ages. I’ve recently started focusing on...

Guest Post: Back-to-School: Establishing and Maintaining Healthy Routines That Will Stick

in Academics, Adolescence, All, Behavior, Childhood Development, Discipline, Learning, Learning Strategies, Parenting, Parenting Blog, Profession Mother, School September 13, 2016 1950 0 0

Back-to-school means early morning wake-up calls and a mad rush to get everyone ready and out the door in time. Too often, this means a quick but less-than-healthy breakfast, or worse, no breakfast at all. From getting enough rest to waking up in...

5 Reasons why we shouldn’t hit our children

in All, Discipline, Hitting, Parenting Blog, Physical Abuse, Self-esteem, Trauma September 11, 2015 2029 0 0

“Childhood Memory” by SAM Nasim, Flickr.com This post was originally published in Practical Psychoanalysis Blog @ PsychCentral If you’ve visited the blog in the last couple of weeks, you probably noticed that I haven’t...

The role of the father when raising children (Part II)

in All, Behavior, Discipline, Fatherhood, Parenting, Parenting Blog April 6, 2015 1788 0 0

Are you a father? Do you wonder what your role is when raising children? If so, allow me to continue my contemplation on the role fathers have in our society as a whole and in our individual lives in particular, and let’s look at what you...