Strengthening Social Skills

• What Is Social Competence?

It's about being able to deal with conflicts, frustration, jealousy and disappointment and involves skills like problem- solving, self-control, self-regulation, communication, and seeing things from another perspective. It's the foundation of academic success.

If You Ever Hurt My Daughter

• I Swear I Will
Let her navigate her own emotional growth.

Tantrums Take Two

• A Field Guide to Taming Tantrums
When a child has a meltdown it always involves the parent before, during, and after.

Family Photos Post-Divorce

• Pictures Celebrating Common Ground
When parents divorce each other, they don't divorce their children. For a child the photos taken at birthdays, a first day of school, graduations, and other occasions—are pictures of her and her parents celebrating something joyful together.

Post-Divorce Friendships

• Navigating Shared Friendships Post-Divorce
Dealing with the collateral damage of divorce such as tensions with shared friends can be challenging. It's important for your children to do so with grace and equanimity.

ADHD for Toddlers

• Quick Fix is to Medicate
"In acting out and being hard to control, they’re signaling the chaos in their environment" The American Academy of Pediatrics standard practice guidelines for A.D.H.D. do not even address the diagnosis in children 3 and younger. Preschoolers are prescribed only after formal training for parents and teachers to improve the child’s environment were unsuccessful. The safety and effectiveness have barely been explored.

All About Mini-Me

• Mini-Me, Social Media, and Identity
What could be wrong (or right) with telling one’s child that he or she is small, cute and resembles you?