Category Archives: Family

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?

Tone of Voice: How Do You Sound to Your Family?

Notice your reactions when someone in your household growls or barks at you. Do you want others in your household to feel that way toward you?

Two Classic Cases of Courts Failing Alienated Parents

The court system can let children, parents, and grandparents down. How can judges, lawyers, and advisory mental health professionals better protect them?

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.

The 4 Best Gifts You Can Give to Your Teen

Teens nowadays like to have fashionable clothes, high tech electronics, and sports equipment. But here are the gifts they value more and truly need.

Severe Parental Alienation: A Mental Health Emergency

Long legal battles prolong and intensify alienation. The longer the courts take to intervene, the worse the alienation is likely to become, and the harder to reverse.

Should Kids Have a Voice in Post-Divorce Planning?

Do father and mother know best? Will kids feel caught in the middle? Or are kids the experts in what will be best for them?

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.

Prevention of Parental Alienation: How You Can Help

A family court judge has suggested a three-pronged parental alienation prevention strategy. Learn what you can do to help.

Parental Alienation: It Happens in Intact Families Too

Does a couple have to be divorced for parental alienation to occur?