Smart Parenting and Video Games

If you don’t play games yourself, it can be intimidating to have a child who is into video games. For example, you don’t under stand the...

Helping the Shy Child

Shyness is a common but little understood emotion. Everyone has felt uneasy or self-conscious in new social situations. However, at times...

Divorce: What To Tell Your Children

Children often fear that they will lose one of their parents in a divorce or that their parents will abandon them and they will have to...

WHAT MAKES A HEALTHY MARRIAGE?

Many articles address reasons and how a marriage can come apart though it is just as helpful first to understand some of the ways that...

DISCIPLINE: WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Opponents of spanking got a boost last week when a new Canadian study on corporal punishment was released. The study, which reviewed two...

SAYING GOODBYE: TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT DEATH

It seems that we cannot turn on the television or get onto the internet without hearing about tragic shootings and deaths. Unfortunately,...

Bullying: Information for Parents

One can no longer read or watch the news without hearing about cases in which children have harmed themselves or others as a result of...

CO-PARENTING AFTER DIVORCE

What is co-parenting? Co-parenting describes a parenting situation where the parents are not in a marriage, cohabitation or romantic...

HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEENAGER

One of the most important parenting practices is good communication. Communication is especially important during adolescence, when old...

Children and Technology: Are you concerned?

“How much time should children spend online or using an electronic device?” That question is one of the overriding parenting challenges...

Your Daughter’s Body Image: How Does She See Herself?

As a mother of a young daughter, I often worry about the effects of society’s obsession with body image. I am also confronted with such...

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