The Do’s and Don’ts of Divorce for Parents
Being structured and clear after a divorce is much more helpful to kids than compromising your values because your children are going through a tough time. Click here to read more from empoweringparents.com
Is Passionate Love in Marriage…Real?
The vigor may be powerful in the beginning of a happy marriage, but it has the potential to become an even stronger, indescribable force of awesomeness with the blessing of God and work from both spouses. Passionate and sustainable love in marriage can be real for many. But it takes work, growth and sacrifice from […]
5 Steps To Changing Any Behavior
From quitting smoking to eating healthier to exercising regularly to getting more organized, most of us have a list of behaviors we’d like to begin (or end) that resist our attempts to do so. As a physician, I find myself giving advice about changing habits on a daily basis. Even though many of my patients […]
15 Tips to Raise a Responsible Child
We all want to raise responsible children. And we all want to live in a world where others have been raised to be responsible, a world where adults don’t shrug off their responsibilities as citizens. As my son said, surveying the littered park when he was three, “Don’t grownups know they have to clean up […]
Want Your Marriage to Last? Get Premarital Counseling
Many couples mistakenly believe that they don’t need counseling before marriage and that conflict should be avoided. However, a certain level of conflict is healthy and necessary, and premarital counseling can offer an opportunity to discuss potential problematic issues. Click here to read more from virtualmosque.com
Parenting Teenage Boys
So many of my clients have problems with angry teenage boys that a brief post is in order. Teenage girls get angry, too, of course, but they tend to be more amenable to processing emotions and talking them through, which at least gives parents a little more leverage in dealing with them. More worrisome, the […]
What do you do if someone says they have been sexually assaulted?
Use this tool, produced by HEART, as a guide to help support victims upon initial disclosure. In this easy to read flowchart, you will be able to determine the range of options available as you offer support to someone who experienced sexual assault. Click here to read more from heartwomenandgirls.org
When Parent and Child Both Have ADHD
It’s a story we hear regularly: A child is diagnosed with ADHD and one of his parents, recognizing the symptoms, realizes that he (or she) has the disorder, too. Click here to read more from childmind.org
The Single Parent Juggling Act: 5 Tips to Help You Manage
It’s hard enough raising kids with a partner, let alone parenting on your own. It takes confidence, resilience and courage. If you’re a single mom or dad, rest assured you’re not alone: according to the United States Census Bureau, one of every two children will live in single parent homes before they reach the age […]
Relationship Stress After Having a Baby
Some couples choose to have a baby to celebrate their stability or to strengthen their relationship. They think that a baby will bring them closer together, and that life after childbirth will be a time of tenderness, intimacy, and maturity. However, having a baby is a stressful experience that challenges even the best of relationships. […]
Your 12 Step Program to Become a Recovering Perfectionist
Think your child needs a perfect parent? Think again. In fact, your quest to be perfect gets in the way of loving your child unconditionally, because it stops you from loving yourself unconditionally. How can you be emotionally generous with your child if you’re harsh with yourself? Click here to read more from ahaparenting.com
Together but Still Lonely
Being married offers no protection from the dangers of loneliness: Studies indicate that roughly 20% of the general population suffers from chronic loneliness at any given time, and in one recent study of older adults, 62.5% of people who reported being lonely were married and living with their partner. Click here to read more from […]