Parenting
With roots in Adlerian Psychology, we have benefitted from generations of practical wisdom that has been supported in decades of subsequent research on parenting and family relationships. Family relationships are a crucible from which the personality and creativity of the child emerge. The parents' struggles are predictable, although they change slightly with the cultural shifts of each generation. This section of our webzine is an area for us to share some of the timeless practical wisdom we have gleaned from our teachers and clients.
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Perfecting the Morning Routine – Tips for Parents
Get your children off to school without hassle, nagging, and conflict. No cost lecture from Family Psychology of South Bend, Beacon Health & Fitness, and Good Shepherd Montessori Shcool.
Disrespectful Child
The article below was first written by Dr. Petersen for GoodTherapy.org and is published by them at http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/respect/. It is reproduced here with permission. If you are concerned about your child’s disrespectful behavior, you have probably tried many corrective measures: Demanding adherence to rules. Correcting language or eye rolling. Lecturing them about how much you do […]
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ABC 57 Interview: How to have an open conversation with children about tragedy
The news has been flooded with violence. In the past month alone, the United States has had 45 mass shootings. Many of these frightful situations are happening where people buy their groceries, or even just go to work. Read the article on ABC 57
Aftershocks of COVID crisis lead to dramatic spike in anxiety, depression in kids
Adolescents showing increased anxiety. Family Psychology was happy to contribute to this local reporting by Lindsay Stone.
Parent Guilt Is Natural. Parent Shame Is Toxic
It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Virginia Pelley about fathers’ toxic shame for Fatherly.com. Her writing represents many hours of interviewing psychologists and counselors who sit with parents every day in the intimate work of helping with family leadership and child formation. She puts their wisdom in a well written, interesting article. In […]
Parent Guilt Is Natural. Parent Shame Is Toxic
The True Costs Of Having A Second Child
My father and mentor in psychology is fond of saying, “Being born into a family is like being born into the middle of Act II in a three act play. That metaphorical context is most apt for the second born child. The roles of parents and first born are taken, where do I fit in? […]
The True Costs of Having a Second Child
If You Need to Command Your Family’s Respect, You’ve Already Lost It
This was a very interesting report by local news reviewing a controversy over children exposed to breast feeding and a doll that facilitated children’s play that included nursing their doll. Many are uncomfortable with children mimicking breast feeding because they think of breasts in terms of sexual development and eroticism rather than imaginative play with […]
If You Need to Command Your Family's Respect, You've Already Lost It
Back to school is the perennial Fall topic that is well worth the attention it gets.
Original WNDU news story: Back To School The new school year is the childhood New Year with all the pristine hopes and excitement adults often bring to their January 1 celebrations and resolutions. Children are at their best in the fall, open and ripe for new routine and skills. With a little forethought and timing, […]
Is the Family Meal Worth the Work?
It is becoming common knowledge that the family meal is correlated with all kinds of ridiculously good things in child development. Here is a useful review of the research by the Washington Post, research that informs my foundational recommendations to parents who are frazzled by mealtime struggles. To claim all the good of this family […]
The most important thing you can do with your kids? Eat dinner with them.
Good for mind and body.
The perennial Fall topic that is well worth the attention it gets
The new school year is the childhood New Year with all the pristine hopes and excitement adults often bring to their January 1 celebrations and resolutions. Children are at their best in the fall, open and ripe for new routine and skills. With a little forethought and timing, children and families can find a new […]
Helpful tips to get your child back in a school year routine