Category Archives: Parenting

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.

Kids Making Too Much Noise?

Try reading this story to your children if they sometimes make too much noise. The story was written by a five-year-old boy who was trying to learn to tame his volume.

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.

How High School Students Can Feel Less Stressed

Anxiety is rising to epidemic levels among teens. These strategies can help.

How Does Your Child Sleep?

Having difficulty getting your child to bed down in the evenings? Check out this new book for frazzled families.

High School and College Student Anxiety: Why the Epidemic?

Do you know a high school or college student struggling with anxiety? While most teenagers worry from time to time, anxiety that's too frequent and too intense can be dreadful.

Hire an Au Pair? Help Yourself; Help Her; and Help the World

So many moms, and dads as well now, have too much to do with juggling work and home life. Ever thought your family could use a nanny? A nanny may also need you!

How a Simple Children’s Game Explains Relationships

What can a children's game teach us about sustaining positive relationships and being a winner in life?

Help For Little Girls Who Do Too Much Anger

When children learn that throwing angry fits gets them what they want, why should they change? Likewise for lovers and spouses who find that anger works to control their mate.

Grandparents and Grandkids: The Perils of Long Distance Love

Grandchildren are the privilege and delight of increasingly fewer seniors. Those who do have grandkids too often live at too far a distance to reach out and hug them.