Posts Tagged ‘children’
How Parents Help an Angry, Willful, Anxious Child
A Willful Child Needs to be a Skillful Child Willful children are a misnomer. They actually are belligerent because they can’t articulate their needs and express their anger and anxieties. Typically when parents face a child with a temper tantrum or oppositional behavior, they try to use rewards and punishments to teach the lessons they…
Read MoreHow Busy Working Parents Manage Anger in Their Kids
Do you find your mind is lingering at work about how angry your son or daughter has been lately? Does this impact your productivity at work? The best advice for you as a mother or father is to learn The Parental Intelligence Way. When at home, leave your work aside and attend to your angry…
Read MoreHow Do You Talk to Your Teenage Daughters so You’re Engaged Together?
20 Ways Not to Talk To Your Teenage Daughter Teenage daughters are sensitive to the way people in authority talk to them, especially their mothers. They are easily wounded, feel criticized, and vulnerable when they sense or get outright disapproval. Even the most devoted mothers hear their girls say, “You don’t understand me.” So, let’s…
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 MoreParents Need to Be Present When it Matters
The Available Parent 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 it clear that you are available anytime your child…
Read MoreHow Do Parents Know When It’s Time for Toilet Training?
Toilet Training – How Do I Know When to Start? Toilet training can be such a conundrum. I once read about a child who knocked on the bathroom door insisting, “Let me in! Let me in!” So, let him in! That child is ready for toilet training. I’ve observed parents who train their kids in…
Read MoreTips to Help a Parent Cope with a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
How Does a Parent Cope with a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Many children and teenagers are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Parents are familiar with the list of symptoms and often get professionals to help their child modify their disorganization, distractibility, and hyperactivity. But rarely are the parents given guidance on…
Read MoreWhen Did You First Feel Like Mothering?
WHEN DOES MOTHERING BEGIN? Does mothering begin when you’re a little girl? Watch your active, thriving three-year-old girl as she takes pillows and puts them in a circle. See how she climbs into this space with her baby doll, little play figures, favorite stuffed animal or toy. Or, enjoy her construction of a fort with…
Read More20 Things for Dads to do for New and Seasoned Moms on Mother’s Day
What Should Dads Do on Mother’s Day? If your partner has not had a mother’s day before then it’s time to step up, Dads, and make your mark on her special day. If she’s had many Mother’s Days before, make this one the one she’ll remember with joy. 20 Hints for a Unique Mother’s Day:…
Read MoreThe Reading Bond
Do you enjoy reading Parenting Books? Here’s one to try– UNLOCKING PARENTAL INTELLIGENCE: FINDING MEANING IN YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR found on amazon, barnes & noble, familius and wherever books are sold. To Read with Your Child is Such a Joy One of the joys of being a parent is to read to your child.…
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