Articles about Parenting

Your father gave you a lot, but he couldn’t give to you or your siblings what he didn’t receive in the first place. This Father’s Day, focus on what he did right, what he...

Family Frustration for the Holidays. This "most wonderful time of the year" is often loaded with already pre-existing family dynamics.

Since the young child is totally dependent on the parents, the effect of traumatic situations on the child will be very much dependent on the capacity of the parents to h...

Does having parents who were adolescents during the war influence their children's search for identity and adolescent crisis?

Why are some children more vulnerable than others? Making sense of differences in how children learn and behave at school.

Author Joy Schaverien discusses her new book. Published in June 2015 it was an immediate Routledge best seller and was number one bestseller on Amazon in psychoanalytic t...

How to heal from the effects of growing up with a narcissistic parent

Let's broaden our vision of attachment trauma by highlighting the importance of the caregivers’ ability to mentalize, regulate, contain, and play in catalyzing the develo...

Recognition is growing for the fact that childbirth can be a traumatic experience for a mother and lead to serious post-traumatic problems. Both parents and medical speci...

Tips to help parents with sharing custody with their children

Early interactions with your baby are important - slow down and mindfully notice your baby!

How to look for the right signs that your teenager may be self harming, and what you can do to help.