How Many Parents Spank Their Children? Gershoff reports that Straus and Stewart (1999) found that 94% of American parents spank their children by the ages of 3 or 4. Primarily they spank children up to age 5, one to two times per month. Gershoff notes too that the US Department of Health and Human Services […]
Read MoreMore and more you hear about coworkers dating. For some, it’s just hard to meet new people, and after-work-socializing functions provide an easy way to do that. For others, at an after-work-event for the first time they see a relaxed, funny, or witty side of a coworker that suddenly makes that person attractive. For others, […]
Read MoreBasic Differences Between Couples and Individual Therapy Some look at couple and family therapy as primarily problem-focused (or tertiary prevention), while others see it as prevention-focused (primary or secondary prevention). Thus, working with parents to help them work collaboratively to gain control of teen acting-out behavior is a problem-focused intervention for that couple. However, it […]
Read MoreThe Case for MarriageWhy Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially by Linda J. Waite and Maggie GallagherReview by Richard Niolon This is an excellent source of information for the married couple on the benefits of marriage, and why it is not the same as “living together.” they provide a wealth of statistics, […]
Read MorePsychologist reviews Economic Models of Parenting: Family Investments in Children’s Potential
Read MoreReview of seven parenting styles, and the research supporting them based on work by Baumrind, Maccoby, and Martin
Read MoreTips on understanding children’s anger, and knowing what to do when you have an angry child
Read MoreSpecial steps that adults with ADHD can take to be more successful
Read MoreReview of symptoms, causes, and myths of ADHD over the lifespan
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