What We Were Never Taught: Relationships, Marriage & Family — From Parenting Doctors

Persistent Redo's, patience, and the power of praise

When a 4-year old says "what" inappropriately and noncompliantly, what should a parent do?  

Check out this brief and terrific example!  

Social Media is related to unhappiness.  Does it cause anxiety?  We are still waiting on randomized controlled empirical research to determine the relationship between social media and anxiety disorders.  

But, let's just a take a look at anxiety problems generally speaking.  And, let's examine what happens with each of these examples that I mention today.  What should parents do?    First, parents need to acknowledge the anxiety epidemic.  

Some personal reflections on our new book:

You Are Your Child's Best Psychologist: 7 Keys to Excellence in Parenting.

Helping Children, Preteens, & Teens with Secure & Confident Comebacks

Children need to know what to say as an alternative from sinking low, playing in the mud, lowering themselving and entering into the negative.  Instead, what is a secure and confident comeback in the face of being mocked?  

As parents, we have to overcome our histories to be excellent.  If you were raised in anger, you have to overcome that reinforcement history and respond in different ways than how you were trained.  If you grew up regularly criticized, you will have to overcome a tendency on your part to find the negative and overreact with the heavy hand of criticism.  

Ambivalent soothing and ambivalence in the attachment relationship is a very tough thing to overcome.  But, consistency is the goal!  

It is important to teach children how to validate emotion.  Interestingly, it helps kids to remind them that they don't even have to agree when they validate emotion.  An apology requires sincerity with minimizing.  

Balancing Privacy and Protection With Teenagers' Social Media

1) Encourage Transparency

2) Smart Technology

3) Social Media Family Standards (and Limits)

Balancing Privacy and Protection With Teenagers' Social Media

1) Encourage Transparency

2) Smart Technology

3) Social Media Family Standards (and Limits)

Sports has three goals for kids: 1.  To learn how to follow directions from somebody besides your parent; 2. To develop character which including learning to be unselfish; 3. To have FUN!  

In this brief podcast, I identify a key book that every sports parent should read.  John Tauer's book, 

Why LESS is MORE for WOSPs (Well-Intentioned, Overinvolved Sports Parents): How to Be the Best Sports Parent You Can Be

You can Agree

Or

You can Negotiate

The goal of negotiation is three-fold:

• Develop PUP – poise under pressure