Parenting and Families
222 Articles & Excerpts
Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families
by SAMHSA
Nearly half of the women and men in the United States report a lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder, and 30% report the prevalence of at least one disorder in the previous 12 months. Two-thirds of these women, and over half of these men are parents
Prevent Your Child From Choking : Choking Prevention
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Parents should supervise young children during mealtime, says the AAP, and should teach children to chew their food well. Children should be sitting - not lying down or in motion - while eating. Eating 'on the run' increases the risk of choking.
Prevent Your Child From Choking : The Dangers of Choking
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Candy, popcorn, and even hot dogs can pose a danger to young eaters. Find out what you can do to reduce the risk. Peanuts and popcorn, hot dogs, candy, carrots, and sunflower seeds. Ayal Willner, M.D., has seen them all stuck in children's throats
Nearly All Parents Yell at Their Kids
by SAMHSA
It's no secret that raising a child can be stressful. Yet, how parents handle it is crucial. Have you ever yelled at your child? Have you told him he's dumb or useless? Maybe you've threatened to hit him.
Sharing What I Love
by Jeremy G. Schneider, MFT
I have found that one of the best ways to bond with my 2.5 year-old children is to share the things I love with them. The strongest example of this is my love of animals. I believe a love for animals is immensely valuable because it not only helps us
The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes
by Mary Eberstadt
The argument of the pages that follow could scarcely be more controversial to many contemporary readers. Of all the explosive subjects in America today, none is as cordoned off, as surrounded by rhetorical land mines, as the question of whether
A World of Connections: The Child at the Center
 Giving The Love That Heals
by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
In anticipation and wonder humankind approaches the new millennium and begins to look at our old world with new eyes. Everywhere there is evidence that we are seeing our lives differently.
Cooking for Your Boyfriend
 Food and Whine: Confessions of a New Millennium Mom
by Jennifer Moses
Not long after our return from Philadelphia, I noticed that our car was seriously gross. I've personally always been offended by cars that smell of ancient spilled Yahoo and soiled diapers.
Children and Money
 The First National Bank of Dad
by David Owen
Money is a handy tool if you use it wisely. Even very young children get the hang of it in a hurry. In the baby-blanket incident just described, my wife narrowly averted a family crisis by offering to swap an emotionally neutral symbol (money)
On the Garage
 Fathers, Sons, & Brothers
by Bret Lott
This is the last room: the garage. We've been in the new house more than a month already, each day thus far filled with putting away all we own, each day filled with trying to find order in chaos.
Author's Note
 Family First
by Dr. Phil McGraw
Dear Parents, I want to talk to you about family: yours and mine. I'm writing this book as an adult child of loving but sometimes ill-equipped parents, as a current father and husband, and lastly as a career mental-health professional.
The Nobility of Parenting
Family First
by Dr. Phil McGraw
As a parent, you're the head of your family, and therefore you occupy an unbelievably powerful role in shaping the tone, texture, mood and quality of this interconnected and vitally important unit. You're a system manager.
Family Matters
Family First
by Dr. Phil McGraw
Trying to understand a child's behavior without interviewing the rest of the family just won't cut it, and any therapist worth their salt knows it. I want to be sure you know it too.
Abductors and Molesters
 Dr. Spock On Parenting
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Two child safety proposals have been much discussed lately and put into practice in some localities: the fingerprinting of children and the inviting of police officers to give talks in schools warning children against abductors and molesters.
Can You Raise Superkids?
Dr. Spock On Parenting
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Can you raise superkids? At least a few psychologists and parents think so. When anxious parents hear that in a certain program two-year-olds are being taught to read or that one-year-olds are taught to recognize Beethoven's picture on flash cards
To Work Outside or Not
Dr. Spock On Parenting
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Whether a mother of a baby or preschool child should go back to an outside job (caring for a baby can be a full-time inside job) is a complicated matter, as everyone who has tried can tell you. There are many factors to be considered.
Anxieties in Our Lives
Dr. Spock On Parenting
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
I believe ours is the most stressful country in the world, though this doesn't need to be. We aren't more conscious of our distress because a majority of us are still financially more comfortable than the people of other countries
Not So Great Expectations
 Coping with a Picky Eater
by William G. Wilkoff, M.D.
One of the biggest problems that we have as parents is that we are prone to unrealistic expectations when it comes to our children. Some of this delusion comes from our natural inclination to want what we think is best for our children.
Parenting and the Gift of Spirit
 The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents
by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The deepest desire in a parent's heart is to see one's child achieve success in life, yet how many of us realize that the most direct way to success is through spirit? In our society we don't usually make that connection—quite the opposite.
The Blessing of Acceptance: Discovering Your Unique and Ordinary Child
 The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.
I recently read a third-grade school newsletter that used the word special five times on two pages. The Thanksgiving Sing was special. So was the Spellathon. The Emerging Artists exhibition was special.
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