Parenting Advice
The truth is there are many methods of raising children that are perfectly healthy. Yet, as parents, there is one thing that will impact our children above all else, and that is how we feel within ourselves. How we parent is based, not only on the conditions of our own childhood, but on how we adapted to these conditions. We may resolve to be different or do better with our own kids, then find ourselves falling into the exact same patterns that hurt us. Alternately, we may try to compensate for our parents’ mistakes and wind up treating our kids in ways that are misattuned or unreflective of our true nature. In order to be the best parents we can be, we have to be in touch with the struggles we face within ourselves. Here you can learn helpful tools and advice on how to develop yourself to become a better parent.
Your Child and Self-Control: Job or Jail?
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A Happy Couple Makes for Happy Kids
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Keeping Your Teen Safe Behind the Wheel
Every parent knows that the day your child gets a license, things change. It’s no... >>
Being a good therapist and being a good parent require the same skills
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How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child
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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... >>
Video Game Rethink
The next time you worry about your child spending his or her time playing mindless... >>
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... >>
How Your Relationship Affects Your Kids
When a study group recently asked kids to answer how they could tell if a... >>
Raise an Emotionally Healthy Child
From the moment our children are born and the doctor takes them to be weighed,... >>