by admin | Feb 6, 2015 | Discipline
Today, popular Pope Francis appears to have endorsed spanking as an acceptable form of punishing children with some conditions: “One time, I heard a father say, ‘At times I have to hit my children a bit, but never in the face so as not to humiliate...
by admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Book Reviews
Book Reviews The Best Parenting Book: A Review of “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen. In my roles as a parent and as a psychologist, I have read many books on parenting. My favorite by far (I’ve read it 4 or 5 times) is Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s...
by admin | Sep 16, 2014 | School Problems
School Problems From Homework Battles to Self-Management: 4 Tips for Parents School doors are open again and, for many families, it means the resumption of homework battles. You might have noticed that schools are giving more homework than ever before. This increased...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | General Information
Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute, studied a sample of 600 parents and 1000 children (ages 8-18). The children were asked what they wished they could change about their parents’ work. The majority of the parents guessed that their children...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | Book Reviews
Book Review Does 1-2-3 Magic Work? A Review of 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan 1-2-3 Magic, by Thomas Phelan, describes an approach to child discipline that has the advantage of being very simple to learn and follow. When a child misbehaves he or she gets two warnings...
