As a parent coach, I encourage parents to recognize the distinction between autonomy and mistreatment as the first step toward a healthier relationship. Why Do Adult Children Act Disrespectfully? In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, I explore how seemingly hurtful behavior ...
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James: Parents are understandably very afraid of their children getting hurt and getting into trouble, but they have very little protection against these things as they send their kids out into the world. Kids learn from other kids and from the media, and it makes parents feel unsafe because ...
Sleepwalkers are most often children. Lots more people than you realize have stories about sleepwalking when they were kids — their parents found them wandering on the front lawn, or they walked down the street in their pajamas. Kids tend to grow out of it. The adult population of sleepwalke...
Children's emotional well-being improves when parents work on their own healing and self-regulation. What if the one thing your kids are hoping and waiting for is for you to do the work to grow with them instead of staying stuck in old behaviors and reactions that never served ...
Why would we act to help others, even to our own detriment? That concept -- altruism -- has become a long-standing mystery for philosophers and scientists alike. Under evolutionary theory, it makes little sense. If we're driven to ensure our genetic survival through reproduction, then any ...
The book is designed to help parents teach their children social skills – and I do think it has some useful ideas in it, but there are some pretty big caveats. This episode takes a look at the broader set of research on teaching children social skills to ask whether we CAN do it and...
Why do Emily's parents not expressly treat for CF, since they produce a daughter with CF? Why is Rennie important for children? Why does a child have more bones than an adult? How do parents influence physical, cognitive, and socioeconomic development during pregnancy and toddlerhood?
I don’t believe lying in children is a moral issue. Therefore, I think it’s imperative not to take it personally if your child lies. Indeed, most kids don’t lie to hurt their parents. They lie because there’s something else going on. The important part for you as a parent is ...
“We also really highly recommend taking a collaborative approach whenever possible,” added Whitlock, author of “Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones.” It’s important to validate, rather than criticize, your loved one’s strong emotions while also emphasiz...