A long overdue video sharing my story of being raised by 2 moms.
26:00 min
CLEAR ALL
When the scariest parenting moment happened, I didn’t know where to turn. After months of talking with experts, we’re on the path to healing.
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Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and direction—get comfortable with it, and then help them pursue and live a life according to it.
Is your child extremely irritable most of the time? Do they have difficulty interpreting social cues? Are they impulsive and prone to outbursts or explosive rages? Parenting a child who has emotional dysregulation can be a bumpy ride.
In a world where binge drinking, recreational and prescription drug abuse, chronic overeating and anorexia, and Internet gambling and pornography are all too common among teens, it’s time to rethink the conventional wisdom about addiction. We clearly need something more than “just say no.
In the last decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the minds of infants and young children. We used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited.
Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting” is a surprisingly new invention.
As one of America’s Top Doctors™, a mother of two grown children, and a physician and surgeon with over 25 years’ experience, Dr. Jones understands that there is no greater responsibility as a parent than ensuring your child’s optimum health.
Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age.
In this work, Dr. Firestone develops the theory and underlying dynamics involved in disturbed family relationships and the poisonous pedagogy that characterizes generally accepted patterns of child-rearing.
Couples can communicate anger in all kinds of nonverbal ways: giving each other dirty looks or the silent treatment, for example.