Category Archives: Children

You’re Here to Fulfill My Dreams

When he had been young, Paul easily rose to the top of the world of junior tennis by winning many junior tennis tournaments. Throughout his high school years he ranked at the top not only in his city but in the state, the region and the country. What was the price?

When Children Have Been Bullied: Healing Options

Bullying can induce phobias and emotional hyper-sensitivy. This new treatment method can erase potential lifelong damage from traumatic events.

We Need Changes in How Courts Handle Parental Alienation

Adversarial divorce courts mostly fail miserably in cases of parental alienation. Here's what family courts could do instead to genuinely serve the best interests of children.

Three Ways to Use Play to Get Kids to Behave

Parenting, they say, is the art of getting kids to do what you want them to do, and getting them to stop doing what you don't want them to do. How can play help with both?

The Teenage Years: 4 Questions That May Predict Thriving

One factor may matter more than you might expect for kids in their teenage years. A recent study from Brazil and Romania has important implications for American teenagers.

Raising Well-Behaved Kids: Mistaken vs. Smart Discipline

Want to raise good kids? Avoid two harmful discipline techniques, and use instead four far more positive options.

Prepping Kids So They’re Ready To Thrive as Adults

What do students need from their parents? Freud had a surprisingly solid definition many years ago. With tough economic times likely to lie ahead, it's worth paying attention to what Freud said.

Look Back on Your Childhood: The Better Marriage Project Par

Gaining an adult’s perspective on the childhood relationships that formed templates for your marriage relationship can be very helpful. Journalist Elizabeth Weil's candid new book No Cheating, No Dying relates how she and her husband learned from their pasts to enhance their love in the present.

Marijuana Use By Kids and Teens: Parents, Pay Attention!

Beware....Whether you call it pot, weed or marijuana, the long-term impacts of this mind-altering drug, especially for kids and teenagers, spells danger.

Lessons From Thumbsucking, the Earliest Addiction

What helps kids to cease sucking their thumbs? The same principles can prove useful for grownups with problematic habits.