When I heard your advice to a parent to give more supervision to a teenager using drugs, it reminded me of an experience I had many years ago while teaching high school... More >>

...If girls follow the 'good girl' script and live a life dominated by self-sacrifice and self-forfeiture, they are on track for resentment and misery... More >>

Many times as a parent, I feel like I have failed; like I am lost on a very long road. They have become so independent and need me much less... More >>

I heard your comment to a mother regarding a teen's lack of need for a cell phone and I decided I had to share an incident we had... More >>

As a middle school teacher, I can tell you how parents can make sure their children will never be leaders... More >>

...I speak specifically to the parents of kids old enough to be on social media... More >>

Expanded and completely revised, the classic and definitive work on parenting hard-to-raise children with new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders. More >>

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...Parents and schools have gotten so wrapped up in the rat race of straight A's, select sports teams, and top tier colleges that critical socio-emotional intelligence and creativeness qualities are being given short shrift... More >>