Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Understanding our Child’s Behavior with Empathy It’s sermon-writing time around our house. Being married to a rabbi during the months of August and September can be compared to... Continue Reading
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, Inconsolable Parent When your baby cries inconsolably, you may feel inconsolable as well. It’s hard to watch your child in great distress and feel... 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
Parenting Skills Parental Survival Post-Separation/Divorce Coming to terms with a separation or divorce and making an adjustment over the long run are processes. Just when you think you have it... Continue Reading
Preteens & Teens Approaching the Tween Years It seems to happen overnight. You go to sleep and wake up as usual … only to find the sweet, cuddly, innocent child you knew the night... Continue Reading
