Joseph Allen, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, and his colleagues have been studying for decades the teen brain. In particular, he has been focusing on the impact of…...

It has been since January 1997 that I last wrote about the father-son relationship. At that time, I wrote about the opportunity for a father to revisit (and heal) his…...

As children enter adulthood it can be a challenge for some parents to understand the line between enabling and nurturing. We hear about parents who have tipped over the line…...

So, its dinner time and you’ve been logging away hours at the stove preparing what you thought was your daughter’s favorite meal; mashed potatoes, steak, and green beans. She has…...

We all want our kids to develop in the various areas of life (mentally, emotionally, socially) and we hope to prepare them to become well-rounded individuals. Some parents make the mistake…...

Children become personally responsible when parents role-model taking personal responsibility for their own feelings and needs. In addition, children need to be allowed to make their own mistakes without punishment…...

Before the internet ever existed we were able to update only a few select people about our lives at a time by meeting together or talking over the phone. This…...

Who knew you would ever be as old as your grandparents seemed to you! But now it’s happened. You’re going to be a grandma or grandpa. Amid all the joy and…...

You remember holding your child, kissing her, cuddling her, whispering, ‘I love you.’ You remember her running through the grass, laughing, a constant smile on her face. You remember what…...

This is a question I get all of the time: How not to raise a child sociopath or narcissist? People ask this question because teenagers can look like they’re sociopaths…...