As a new parent, or a new-again parent, you have many many demands on your time. You need time with your new baby, of course. And you need time with your other child or children. But none of the other responsibilities went away. Time with your sp ...
Recently a client expressed a great deal of anxiety about her husband’s parenting. “He just lets them … do things,” she complained. When I asked, she described climbing on walls and trees, playing with sticks as if they were swordfighting, and a ...
You did it. You brought new life into the world from your amazing and resilient body!Congratulations!Now you are feeling a huge wave of emotions. And it is tied to all of your new responsibilities. You have never loved anything this much. You ...
Every year, Mother’s Day brings a wave of gratitude and appreciation for our first and longest-lasting relationship, our bond with our mothers.We understand the biological factors that make a mother important, but we also take this time to acknow ...
Often when I am talking with a parent, or a couple with children, I will get questions about the development of their children.Sometimes, they are seeking confirmation that their child is indeed the brightest and fastest-developing child in the h ...
Babies are a powerful reminder of the fragility and mystery of life. After months of hoping and loving and planning, with friends and strangers alike commenting on your pending childbirth, you are suddenly (and perhaps not for the first time) in char ...
Becoming a parent is the most anticipated and exciting event in most people’s lives. Since childhood, we have circled around new mothers and their babies, smelled the new baby head, carried baby dolls, and imagined what it would be like when we were ...
We are all able to easily recall things our parents did that made us angry. We can hear echoes of our parents’ voices in the words we say to our own children.And we naturally fear that we are going to make some of the same mistakes they did.E ...
Our neighbors across the street generally kept to themselves after moving in two years ago. We seldom saw the kids outside, and even less often the parents.Some of us only know their names because Jennifer, our neighborhood busy bee, talked to th ...
You already know the stereotypes about birth order and personality type. Perhaps you have a bossy oldest sister, or a youngest brother who keeps the family in stitches.Well, it turns out that these stereotypes have some basis in fact and experience ...
