I attended an excellent talk recently on "Raising Resilient Kids in Stressful Times." The speaker was Dr. Gordon Neufeld, a developmental psychologist from Canada. He wrote the best selling book (and one of my favorites) Hold On To Your Kids. He had some important things to say that I want to share with you. The definition of resilience is the ability to handle stress and adversity … [Read more...]
Usually, when I think of adoption, I think of infants and school age children finding homes. However, there are many teenagers who need positive and supportive foster and adoptive families. In my practice, I work with children and teens in the foster care system as well as adoptive families. There are, of course, many challenges and many joys. I found this list on a poster in a … [Read more...]
To be honest I could not decode this riddle without some help from my friend Google. The phrase "robotripping on triple-c" refers to the recreational use of the drug dextromethorphan, which is the active ingredient found in many cough suppressant cold medicines. Did you know that teens are getting high on over the counter cough syrup? As a parent of a teenager, how do you know when … [Read more...]
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