by admin | Nov 16, 2009 | General Information
Carl Rogers was one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century and his work, along with that of Abraham Maslow, formed the basis for the creation of today’s Positive Psychology movement. In 1957, Rogers described what he believed were the necessary...
by admin | Nov 2, 2009 | General Information
General The Power of Positive Parenting: Gottman’s Magic Ratio Marriage and family researcher, John Gottman, has observed that spouses in happy, stable marriages engage in positive expressions of feelings and actions towards each other about five times as often...
by admin | Oct 26, 2009 | Book Reviews
Book Review Review of The Explosive Child, by Ross Greene Ross Greene’s book, The Explosive Child, is one of my three all time favorite parenting books (click this link to see my three must read parenting books). In this book, Dr. Greene argues that conventional...
by admin | Oct 20, 2009 | General Information
General Stop Blaming Yourself: Work the Problem People! As if raising a challenging boy wasn’t stressful, exhausting and difficult enough, parents of challenging boys also have to contend with the advice, judgment and blame of friends, relatives, and strangers at the...
by admin | Oct 10, 2009 | School Problems
It is the nature of power struggles (or of just about any other challenging interaction that we get into with our children) that we find ourselves time and time again caught up in them by surprise. In spite of our best intentions to keep calm, not yell, and avoid the...
