Chore Sharing Between Parents and Kids
Chore Sharing Between Parents and Kids Chore sharing instills responsibility in a cooperative way between parents and kids. This is important when school routines and schedules change and get bigger as the year moves along. By mid-year chores for kids seem last on the list of things they want to do. Yet you want…
Read MoreParents Help Kids with OCD – The Key to Early Intervention
Why Do Teens and Children With OCD Have This Kind of Expression of Anxiety? Teens and children with OCD bear a high level of anxiety that is due to genetics, internal, and external stressors. Parents help teens and children with responsive listening, lowering stress in the household, and nurturing involvement. Early intervention for kids with…
Read MoreBeing Present When it Matters
Parents Need to Be Present When it Matters – That’s Quality Time Parents need to be present when it matters for their kids – crisis times such as down days, difficult exams, relationship breakdowns, changes in family dynamics and important transition times. How do you know what stresses them out? How do you make…
Read MoreWhen Fathers Clash with Teenage Sons, Where Do Moms Fit In? Or, Don’t They?
Fathers Clash with their Teenage Sons: What are the Options? Should Mothers Help? What is there to do when Fathers clash with their teenage sons? During adolescence boys are searching for their identity, focused outside the family on friends and school and wanting more say in the rules they live by at home. Curfews, technology…
Read MoreA Psychotherapist Reacts to Today’s Political Anxiety
The Consequences of Political Anxiety Political anxiety is sweeping the nation. My experience as a psychoanalyst for three decades is that not only my generally anxious patients but the larger population has become so anxious about the choices before us that it is interfering with an ability to make sound choices. When a person is…
Read MoreAnxiety Reactions of Adults and Children in Today’s Political Climate
Anxiety Reactions of Adults and Children in Today’s Political Climate Need to Be Recognized I am a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. After practicing for three decades with children, teens, and adults I have found today’s political climate is feeling threatening to many people I treat. While many children and adults…
Read MoreChanging Schools? 5 Parenting Tips on How Parents Help Kids Cope
5 Parenting Tips on How Parents Help Kids Cope with Changing Schools Your child or teen maybe changing schools because they are a year older and it’s time for middle or high school. But they also may be changing schools because you changed your residence and school district. They might be going to a…
Read MoreSupporting Teens Through Major Exams
Helping Prepare Teens Through Major Exams Supporting teens through major exams begins early in the year. Teens go through stressful times with spot quizzes, weekly tests and major exams. The major exams are the most difficult because they cover the largest amount of work that has been learned. There are many ways to help them…
Read MoreTransitioning to Middle School
Parenting Tips on Helping Your Child Transition to Middle School Transitioning from Elementary School to Middle School is a great challenge for many kids. The expectations of meeting new kids from other schools, having more serious school work, and meeting different teachers are part of the concerns. Then there is just negotiating the new landscape.…
Read MoreLate Stages of Teenage Development
A Parents Guide to Understanding Late Stages of Teenage Development – What Parents Need to Know About Late Stages of Teenage Life 1. Thinking About the Future As the last stage in child development, teenagers need to think about their future academically, socially, and in the work place. This is a time to help them…
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