Parenting and Families
186 Articles & Excerpts
Codependency and the Enabler
 I'm Sorry
by Jay Krunszyinsky
When you were a child, did you grow up in a home where your parents or caretakers took little to no responsibility for their problems or behaviors? Did you witness a parent support the behavior of the other regardless of how destructive it was?
Invisible Scars: Verbal Abuse
The origins of verbal abuse begin in our homes. Children are not held responsible for the pain they inflict on brothers and sisters because it's just normal sibling rivalry. If children can't take the teasing, they are seen as wimps or sissies.
Puberty 101
 Early Puberty in Girls: The Essential Guide to Coping with This Common Problem
by Paul Kaplowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
What most parents understand about puberty is based on their own experience with it. Women typically recall the time of their first menstrual period (we use the term menarche when we refer to this event), and men often remember the grade they were in when
Negative Messages
I'm Sorry
by Jay Krunszyinsky
How did your experiences with a parent contribute to your way of thinking today? Some people receive many negative messages throughout their childhood. Those who received negative messages as children develop irrational thought processes that carry over
Why Teens Begin Using Marijuana
 Marijuana - What's a Parent to Believe?
by Timmen L. Cermak
As a parent, if you're not sure what to believe about marijuana, how will you handle the subject with your child? Maybe you smoked pot as a teen, or you use marijuana today. Maybe you never tried pot, or you don't even know what it looks like.
The natural history of your child's sexuality
 Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)
by Justin Richardson, M.D., Mark A. Schuster, M.D., PH.D.
You are flat on your back. Your shirt is pulled up over your belly, and your pants are down around your hips. Someone has just squirted a glob of cold jelly below your navel. This is one of those miraculous moments in life that doesn't always live up to
The 'Feel-Good' Morality
I'm Sorry
by Jay Krunszyinsky
Televisions, stereos, computers, video games, and friends are means by which children develop their sense of right and wrong in many families. Do you think children should develop their own sense of morality from means outside of their parents?
An Invitation to a Birthday Party
 Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
by Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Catherine O'Neill Grace, Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D.
All parents experience pain about their children's social lives. There is no escaping it. A mother agonizes over her child's social dilemmas. A father immediately assesses whether his son or daughter is well received by a group of children.
Straight Talk about Addiction and Recovery
 Straight Talk from Claudia Black: What Recovering Parents Should Tell Their Kids About Drugs and Alcohol
by Claudia A. Black, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Talking with your kids about alcohol use, drug use, and addiction can be difficult for any parent. For recovering parents, conversations with your children about drug use and abuse are even more complex, urgent, and personal.
Spirit of the Nursery
 Spirit of the Nursery
by Jane Alexander
Spirit of the Nursery shows you how to create a sacred space to nurture your child. A baby is psychically delicate and needs a soothing sanctuary. All too often we focus purely on a baby's physical needs and ignore its spiritual wellbeing.
Why Do Kids Use Alcohol? A Look at High-Risk Teens
 Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
It is unfair and often untrue to paint a high-risk kid as a drug or alcohol abuser or a troubled kid who goes around hating and fighting and causing trouble. Many high-risk teens—even those who are addicted or involved with serious abuse of alcohol
Fear and Children. Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?!
Fears are real, and they play a dominant role in our lives. Fear can be a signal for us to pay attention. Yet, we can become immobilized by our fear if we fail to feel it and acknowledge it. On the other hand, when we face a fear, it ceases to have power
A Note to Parents
 Kinki Kreations : A Parent's Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids
by Jena Renee Williams
I was a young child when I learned the difference between what people call good and bad hair. The straighter your hair was, the more you were liked, and the prettier you were thought to be. That was good hair.
The Greatest Gift We Can Give To Our Children
by Leslie Karen Lobell, M.A.
Some people believe the most important thing to give a child is an excellent education. More important than giving a child a proper formal education is to foster the child's self-esteem. This is a key ingredient for them to develop a sense of self-love
The Roots of Abuse in American Society
 Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship
by Vicki Crompton, Ellen Zelda Kessner
IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialist in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women -as experiences
Parents with Mental Illness
by Rethink
Being a parent with mental illness can be both challenging and rewarding. People often stigmatise and assume that children born to people with mental illness will experience social and emotional difficulties, that they may be abused or neglected
Adolescence and Alcohol: What's the Attraction?
Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
Any discussion of alcohol abuse and alcoholism is incomplete and almost meaningless without discussing the potential victims: the teens. This section looks at the nature of teens as developing adults and the reasons why some teens are at higher risk for
We don't think she should have any dealings with him
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
My 19 yr. old granddaughter is 4 months pregnant and the father of the child is a 50 yr. old man. He has fathered numerous children and has several grandchildren. She was raised in our home since an infant and seems more like a daughter to us.
Why Do Some Kids Refrain from Drinking?
Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
Some kids don't use alcohol. If the statistics are correct, about 30 percent of high school seniors don't use alcohol, and an even higher percentage of younger kids are abstinent. Some of the kids in this category may try alcohol, use a few times
Avocado Dip
 Brain Foods for Kids : Over 100 Recipes to Boost Your Child's Intelligence
by Nicola Graimes
BRAIN FOODS FOR KIDS includes: A clear and easy-to-follow introduction to the principles of good childhood nutrition and information on all the latest science on brain-boosting foods. Practical, kid-tested advice on incorporating the essential foods into
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