THE COMPLEXITY OF CLEANING UP     One of the biggest stresses of moms is the feeling that they have to pick up after their child. They think their child does not care and is insensitive for the stress it gives them. Moms do also worry that the child will never learn and may turn […]

No matter how you parent, you will come to a point that either you doubt or your children ask you why you did certain things or made certain choices. You will feel the need to stand for how you did it and if the children seem to do well in society you may use that […]

HELP, MY PARTNER DOES NOT ACTIVE LISTEN!   If only one of the parents comes to the Parent Effectiveness Training, I always hope the partner will follow within a year.   It is hard for the first partner who wants to use the skills, and it is also hard on the partner who did not […]

THE NEW CHILDREN   In the 24 years that I work with parents I have seen a shift in how parents described the behavior/traits of their children. Were most babies still satisfied laying on their back watching the things going on around them in the first years, more and more parents were telling me that […]

This question and the subject of STRUCTURE came up after a discussion I had with a new dad. He told me that he and his wife were thinking about putting their baby to bed at 7PM and he wondered whether it was maybe too early for the baby. I told him I do not believe […]

“This is my life” ,Jackie said with a big sigh showing a picture of her 3 year old screaming to the baby -who was crawling up to him while he was protecting his toys with his arms. Now I know that Jackie does not really think this is her life, but it expresses the desperation […]

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