Parenting

How to be a good parent: It’s all about you!

So much of the information out there about how to be a better parent focuses... >>

Should our goal for our kids be for them to be happy?

Many times in my office parents say their goal is for their child to be... >>

Is Candy Evil?

On Halloween our children indulge in flights of the imagination, flirting just as often with... >>

How Your Relationship Affects Your Kids

When a study group recently asked kids to answer how they could tell if a... >>

Changing the Developmental Trajectory for Infants with Autism

A diagnosis of autism changes lives.  The future a parent may have pictured for their... >>

Raise an Emotionally Healthy Child

From the moment our children are born and the doctor takes them to be weighed,... >>

The Perfect Family Vacation – Why We Are Not There Yet

Family vacations have long been the subject of sitcoms and PG comedies, each following more... >>

Is Your Child Depressed?

Early on, many of a child’s emotions  are chalked up to physical stages of growth;... >>

What is Your Attachment Style?

What is attachment and why is it important? Attachment refers the particular way in which... >>

“Stuck” A life lesson on parenting by Debra Kessler, Psy.D.

My daughter and I were watching videotapes of her when she was little.  At 17... >>