Parenting Tips

1. Embrace the Excitement & Prepare Together for Back to School Transitions

• Back to school shopping: Most schools will require their students to come prepared with specific school supplies and materials. Involve continue reading

Child and Adolescent Therapy in Philadelphia

SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE WITH YOUR CHILD

If you are a parent of a millennial or younger, you have the pleasure of being forced into continue reading

Do you know what app that is? Do you remember when newspapers and magazines were delivered to your home, when analog phones were a fixture in your home, hearing boom boxes and listening to continue reading

Parenting can be one of the most difficult experiences for many families. However, parenting teenagers can sometimes make the most well-equipped parent want to hibernate until after their child reaches adulthood. Unfortunately, we can’t continue reading

Understanding Your Child

There are four different communication styles. Each style allows all individuals a way to interact, express needs, wants and their feelings. When done properly communication proves to be effective for continue reading

Whether you get your news from your personal computer, television, radio, or smartphone, it’s likely that you feel bombarded with negative messages and images from the world around us. Parenting worried children who see news continue reading

How To Keep The Romance Alive After Kids: Couples Counseling in Philadelphia, Ocean City, Santa Fe, Mechanicsville:

The power of an infant’s smile, coo, or laughter is unimaginable. Some people report feeling an overwhelming continue reading

A significant adjustment period for many couples is when they begin having or adopting children, known as the transition-to-parenthood. Children can compromise the dyad relationship by putting more strain on the family system, diverting time continue reading

Smartphone Boundaries for Parenting

Are you practicing SMART smartphone parenting strategies? Try the exercises below to begin establishing healthy smartphone boundaries for your family. It is helpful to observe your current smartphone behaviors along with continue reading

Have you found that your teen has been shutting you out lately? When you ask curious questions about their life, do you get a dramatic sigh and an eye roll as an answer? If continue reading

Understanding your child’s learning style is an essential step in assessing which school setting is the best fit for your child. As parents, you have the power to send your child to a school continue reading

Parenting can be a challenge all on its own! What is even more challenging is learning how to manage your child's ADHD/ADD in their daily routine, specifically during homework and at home tasks. If continue reading

Parenting for the long haul: When you think of your parenting role, what immediately comes to mind? More than likely, your thoughts turn to surviving the day (and/or getting the jelly bean out of continue reading

Center for Growth / Separation and Divorce Therapy in Philadelphia

A Parent’s Separation: Through the eyes of an adult child. This is a vignette written by an adult child’s perspective.

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Parenting Strategies for Preschool Kids in Philadelphia and World Wide: Are you at your wits’ end? Have you no idea how to get your little one to listen? Do you feel powerless and at his/her continue reading