The Art and Science of Helping Children Become the Boss of their Minds
During the last ten years, many schools have introduced social and emotional learning programs which have focused on attentional control...
Book Summary: Discipline Without Damage
How to Get Your Kids to Behave Without Messing Them Up Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, R. Psych., Vanouver: LifeTree Media Ltd., 2016 Dr. Lapointe...
Embracing Sadness: the lesson of Inside Out
Inside Out is an animated film which deserves to be seen by anyone who cares for children or young adults. I've seen it twice, I may...
Generation “Like” (my reflections on a documentary found on Netflix)
I am an immigrant to the current technology-dominated landscape. Like immigrants everywhere, I try to speak the local language when and...
Constructive Discipline: Cultivating Children Who Can Cope with Life
To be a child is to be within yourself, with your thoughts and feelings. To be a child is to be free of the perceptions of others. In a...
Have our Discipline Practices Created a Crisis of Connection with Our Kids?
Dr. Ron Taffel, a respected American psychologist observes a trend: the responsibilities of parenting have turned into a project to...
The Three Big Hugs Marijuana, Alcohol and Digital Devices: What is a Parent to Do?
Intuitively, we know that we are supposed to have feelings and emotions. Emotions help to keep us out of danger by bringing us to...
Polarized Parents: Protecting Children’s Attachments
A child of divorce, caught between two parents who share week-on, week-off custody, described her experience as like constantly building...
Coming Face-to-Face with Adolescents
Adolescents are an enigma: sullen, defiant, passionate and driven to take risks. Our expectations are probably uninformed. Even the term...
Parenthood: Giving when the well feels dry
Love and support, given unconditionally inside a nurturing relationship, is what every parent strives for after making the decision to...