Do you want to have a happy home? Noah St. John offers his top insight into keeping a happy home, one that can change the dynamic at your family dinner…...

Every school in the United States is battling a bullying epidemic. The compilation of nationwide surveys completed since 1986 indicate an ever growing trend of entitlement ingrained in America’s youth (Reuters…...

Trust is a fragile thing. Secrets and lies jeopardize trust and can damage us and our relationships – sometimes irreparably. We all tell “white lies.” We say “I’m fine,” when we’re…...

Divorce and breakups are tough.  You already have a million things to worry about—taking care of the kids, professional obligations, making sure the house doesn’t look like a nuclear fall-out,…...

Kenny is a silly, skinny, blue-eyed, nine-year-old boy, who barely tips the scales at 48 pounds. “I can practically spit through him,” my dad says on a regular basis. Although…...

The following is an abridged and revised excerpt from Mel’s book Stepfamilies, which the BBC recently asked her to debate on the Richard Bacon Show. In previous posts, the inference has been…...

Numerous, well-designed and well-powered studies, utilizing the Adolescent Health (AD Health) database have confirmed what all previous generations never needed to be taught. Parents who maintain a close, healthy and…...

No parent will consciously own up to the fact that favoritism is operative within some families. One of the unwritten norms of society is the attachment of mothers to their…...

Many divorces go along smoothly, but when problems occur, they usually reflect the dynamics that didn’t work in the marriage – only made worse, because divorce is one of the…...

Cutting is a terrifying and serious epidemic plaguing adolescents. Recent studies have found that one-third to one-half of adolescents in the US have engaged in some type of self-injurious behavior. As a psychotherapist…...