Between Parent and Adolescent How Meaning Can Matter
To the extent you can, say what you mean and show what you mean. Meaning matters.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Relationships act with consideration acts of courtesy keeping word mean what you say mean your word meaning meaning in communication meaning of actions meaning of promise meaning of words p Source Type: news
Genetic Testing for Kids With Mental Health Disorders?
If medical professionals are going to treat your heart disease, or your teen's bipolar disorder, with medications that won’t help and may even hurt, then they're not doing the job they signed up for. That's where genotyping can help.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Deborah Vlock, Ph.D. Tags: Health Parenting genotyping metabolism pharmacology Source Type: news
Is Defiance a Medical Condition?
Is the current "mental disorder" labeling system fair to our children?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eric R. Maisel, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Parenting Psychiatry Therapy ADHD dsm mental disorders of childhood oppositional defiant disorder Source Type: news
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Kids
One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is in demonstrating a happy marriage. More than anything else we can do for them, this example supports and encourages the possibility of creating such a relationship in their own lives.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda and Charlie Bloom, Tags: Happiness Parenting Relationships Self-Help affection care children issues marriage Neglect parents primary Source Type: news
Our First Birthday
One year into blogging, Sharon reflects on what we have learned and our progress offering factual and helpful information to women over 35 who are trying to conceive. We also have a special announcement!
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Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sharon I. Praissman and Emma Williams Tags: Happiness Health Parenting Source Type: news
The 4 Elements of Transformational Leaders
What makes the best leaders so effective? Outstanding leadership and great parenting have similar elements.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Relationships Work Charisma inspiration leaders leadership motivation parents transformational leadership Source Type: news
What are the 3 Most Useful Bits of Wisdom for Life? Part 1
If there were 2 or 3 kernels of wisdom you think a parent should pass on to his kid, what would they be? I would actually like to hear from you, and from some sage older person you regard as having lived a fulfilling life.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas T. Kenrick, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Resilience advice sagacity wisdom Source Type: news
Six Parenting Tips to Promote Heroism in Your Child Today
Most parents would like to instill heroic-like qualities in their children. The social psychology research indicates that character traits that bring heroism to the forefront in people are formed by factors beyond temperament. People are not born heroes, they are made that way and early in life is a time to instill traits associated with heroism.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kate Roberts, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Personality heroism Source Type: news
How Do You Know If Your Kid Is Ready for Independence?
Kids with a solid foundation of healthy coping and self care skills are better equipped to hang in there when the transition away from home gets tough.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Deuter, M.D. Tags: Parenting Self-Help career trajectories college Emerging adulthood Source Type: news
Working Mom vs. Stay-at-home Mom
What is better for the children? Staying at home or working outside the home?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Berit Brogaard, D.M.Sci., Ph.D Tags: Child Development Parenting stay at home mom working mom Source Type: news
Well-Doing + Well-Being for Children
Educators and teachers have become too focused on behavioral “well-doing” and not sufficiently focused on experiential “well-being.” The key of social-emotional learning is to bridge the two.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Resilience character science character strengths character strengths in education Children Inc. growing sound perseverance positive psychology Ryan Niemiec Tom Lottman VIA classification VI Source Type: news
Sharing the Joys and Responsibilities of Fatherhood
Partible paternity refers to shared fatherhood, and is found among many South American Amerindian societies. A new study explores adaptive aspects of partible paternity among Ache women and men in Paraguay. Shared fatherhood can serve as a form of social insurance against risk. The findings illustrate the rich social context to partnering and paternal care.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter B. Gray, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Parenting Sex Social Life ache amazonia cross-cultural fatherhood. paternity life history partible paternity paternity certainty Robert Walker Ryan Ellsworth Source Type: news
Help? My Child Is Just Eccentric
Getting young people who may suffer from serious mental illness to come forward for evaluation is not an easy task. Kids feel bewildered and disconnected. Parents hesitate to suggest something is wrong with their children.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Psychiatry Source Type: news
"Where Are You From?"
The taxi driver is politely quiet but I notice he is eyeing me in the rear view mirror. Finally he asks the inevitable question: "Where are you from?"read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Ed.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Race and Ethnicity Resilience ethnic identity mixed race multiple identities racial identity Source Type: news
When Your Child Says, "I Hate You"
The best approach is to encourage your child not try to hide his feelings, and teach him how to express himself in the most positive way. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meri Wallace, LCSW Tags: Child Development Parenting Source Type: news
