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Holidays and Kids: Don’t let disappointment ruin your happiness
This holiday season is upon us. Parents want help with what to do about all the stress that occurs with kids. There are holiday events and parties at the kids’ schools and at your work. The routine is disrupted. Kids are home more. Gifts need to be bought and wrapped. There are ‘family get-togethers’, to…... READ MORE
Conversation helps kids think for themselves
One of the many important roles of a parent is to make sure you provide enough time in your child’s life for family conversation, solitude and boredom. This is because these are the key elements for building up a child’s mind and for passing on your reflective capacity to your child. Unfortunately the lure of electronic devices & social media has…... READ MORE
Celebrate Grandparents Day by being a Reflective Grandparent
Once a parent always a parent, even when your child becomes a parent. But now you have to maintain a strong relationship with your child and their spouse or partner, who are now both parents themselves. Just use the same reflective principles you used as a reflective parent. #1 Understand your child’s behavior from their perspective as well as…... READ MORE
Parents use your words! Why it matters what you say.
I recently attended the Joseph Sandler Conference on Parenting at the Yale Child Study Center. In my next several blogs I will share some of what I learned at the conference. It is well known how important it is to talk to young babies even before they can talk back. When you talk with your…... READ MORE
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As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, I have been in private practice for over 35 years, with a special interest in parents and couples.