All Article Topics
Making Friends & Being a Good Friend
– 12 Ways to Help When Your Child Struggles to Make Friends
– When Your Child Has a Domineering Friend
– When Your Child Has a Boy-Girl Friendship
– When Your Child… Wishes For a Best Friend
– Does Your Child Need a Best Friend?
– Is Your Child a Good Friend?
– Children’s Friendship Groups
– When Your Child Says “Nobody Likes Me!”
– Helping Your Shy Child
– Imaginary Friends
– How Children Make Friends (part 1 of 3)
– How Children Make Friends (part 2 of 3)
– How Children Make Friends (part 3 of 3)
– Can Boys and Girls Be Friends?
Conflict, Making Up and Breaking Up
– Fitting In vs Belonging: How to Tell the Difference
– A One-Syllable Word That Can Improve Your Relationships
– When Your Child Has a Boy-Girl Friendship
– When Your Child Gets Cyberbullied
– When Your Child… Gets Teased By a Friend
– When Your Child… Annoys Other Kids
– When You… Don’t Like Your Child’s Friend
– The 5 Worst Ways to Apologize
– Childhood Enemies
– Why Are Kids So Mean?
– 3 Ways Kids Can Solve Friendship Conflicts
– No, That’s Not Bullying
– Help Your Child Learn to Forgive
– 3 Ways to Help a Child Cope With Being Dumped by a Friend
– Fights With Friends: Help Your Child Learn to Resolve Conflicts
– Making Up is Hard to Do…For Kids
– Make New Friends But Keep the Old…Or Not
Friendship Problems
– Fitting In vs Belonging: How to Tell the Difference
– When Your Child Has a Domineering Friend
– When Your Child… Gets Teased By a Friend
– When Your Child… Annoys Other Kids
– When Your Child’s Best Friend is “Stolen”
– When You… Don’t Like Your Child’s Friend
– Overstepping Boundaries: When Your Kid Comes On Too Strong
– Why Kids Tattle and What To Do About It
– Childhood Enemies
– Why Are Kids So Mean?
– The Promise and Perils of Friendship Threesomes
– What To Do When Your Child Does Something Mean
– How to Raise a Caring Child
– Frenemies
– Why Do Girls Gossip?
– Popular Kids
– Helping Children Who Cry Easily
– Is Your Child Inviting Rejection?
Social Skills
– 12 Ways to Help When Your Child Struggles to Make Friends
– 5 Ways to Teach Your Child to Be Grateful
– 4 Common Complaints About Teamwork
– 5 Friendship Skills Your Child May Have Forgotten
– Is Your Child a Good Friend?
– When Your Child Hates Compliments
– 3 Common Friendship Mistakes for Kids
– How To Be Your Child’s Friendship Coach
– Conversation Skills For Kids
– Do Boys Need Rough and Tumble Play?
– Soft Criticism
– Learning to Be a Good Sport
– Children’s Play Date Guidelines
– What Friends Teach Children
– Children’s Growing Friendships
– What Are Social Skills?
Parent Feelings
– A One-Syllable Word That Can Improve Your Relationships
– When Coping Well Is Costly
– When You… Also Struggle With Making Friends
– When You… Lose Your Temper With Your Child
– When You… Don’t Like Your Child’s Friend
– How to Resist Competitive Parenting
– What’s My Child Thinking?
– What’s the Hardest Stage of Parenting
– Mother’s Intuition: Do You Have It?
– Preventing Mom Meltdowns and Dad Detonations
Parenting Advice
– 5 Ways to Teach Your Child to Be Grateful
– What to Say Instead of “Be Careful!”
– What’s Wrong with Sticker Charts and Reward Systems?
– Can Parental Touch Help Socially Anxious Children?
– Want Your Child to Listen and Learn? Don’t Lecture
– What to Say to Empathize Better With Your Child
– What Are Reasonable Expectations for Children?
– When & How to Say No to Kids
– The Case Against Zero Tolerance In Schools
– What To Do When Your Child Does Something Mean
– Struggles that Make Kids Stronger
– Three Strategies for Teaching Children Self-Control
– Why Kids Lie and What To Do About It
– How do I have the period talk with my daughters?
– How can I stop my daughter acting out, due to our separation?
– Helping the “Bad Kid” of the Family
– Soft Criticism
– 10 Ways to Help Children Listen Better
– Chores and Children
School, Learning & Community
– Fitting In vs Belonging: How to Tell the Difference
– 4 Common Complaints About Teamwork
– The Danger of Telling Kids “Do Your Best”
– Why Grit Is Overrated
– Handling Political Disagreements in the Family
– Not All Homework Help is Helpful
– Helping Perfectionist Kids Learn to Tolerate Mistakes
– Teach Your Child to Ask For Help–The Right Way
– Children’s Biggest Back-to-School Worry
– Pressure to Succeed in Middle School
– The Case Against Zero Tolerance In Schools
– The Roots of Social Justice – Kids’ Responses to Inequality
– How to Make Teen Volunteer Work More Than a Resume Builder
– Teach Your Child to Love Learning: Keys to Kids’ Motivation
– How can I motivate my son to practice piano?
– How can I encourage my 6-year-old’s son interest in school?
– Time Management for Kids
– “Fat Letters” Are Cruel to Kids
– Lifting the Burden of Potential
– Back to School Worries
Family Relationships
– A One-Syllable Word That Can Improve Your Relationships
– How to Move Past Parental Blame
– What is Psychologists’ Favorite Word?
– Do You Have a ‘Barometer Child?’
– Pets vs Siblings as Sources of Support for Children
– Sibling Abuse and Bullying, Part 1
– Sibling Abuse and Bullying, Part 2
– When should I tell my son I have a boyfriend?
– How can I stop my daughter acting out, due to our separation?
– Helping the “Bad Kid” of the Family
– Family Traditions
– Preventing Mom Meltdowns and Dad Detonations
Stress, Anxiety, and Perfectionism
– The Difference Between Perfectionism and Healthy Striving
– When Your Child… Is Afraid to Do Activities
– Becoming Brave: Help Your Child Move Past Fear
– The Danger of Telling Kids “Do Your Best”
– Why Grit Is Overrated
– 3 Levels of Stress Management
– When Your Child Can’t Decide
– Helping Perfectionist Kids Learn to Tolerate Mistakes
– Teach Your Child to Ask For Help–The Right Way
– A Simple Strategy to Help Worried Kids
– Helping Your Shy Child
– Lifting the Burden of Potential
Dealing with Children's Feelings
– How to Comfort a Child Who Has Lost a Loved One
– Helping Your Child Move Past a Bad Experience
– How to Stop Overthinking Things
– Becoming Brave: Help Your Child Move Past Fear
– How to Help Kids Talk About Feelings
– What is Psychologists’ Favorite Word?
– 3 Levels of Stress Management
– When Your Child Can’t Decide
– A Better Way to Develop Your Child’s Confidence
– What We Get Wrong About Children’s Self-Esteem
– Children’s Anger Management Strategies That Work
– What to Say to Empathize Better With Your Child
– Help Your Child Learn to Forgive
– Can You Be Too Supportive of Your Child’s Negative Feelings?
– A Simple Strategy to Help Worried Kids
– Encouraging Optimism in Children
– Helping Your Shy Child
– How to Help Kids with Nightmares
– Inside Out–And Beyond
– Post-Adrenaline Blues
– Teaching Children to Read Emotions
– Helping Children Who Cry Easily
– Preventing Mom Meltdowns and Dad Detonations
Life Online
– When Your Child Gets Cyberbullied
– The Limits of #MentalHealth Content
– Top 5 Texting Mistakes Kids Make
– Is Your Child Addicted to Screens?
– Cyberbullying: What Parents Need to Know
– Teen Sexting in Perspective
– The Truth About Violent Video Games and Kids, Part 1
– The Truth About Violent Video Games and Kids, Part 2
– Are You a Distracted Parent?
Special Challenges
– Loving and Supporting a Trans or Gender-Creative Kid
– Handling Political Disagreements in the Family
– No, That’s Not Bullying
– Friends in Violent Places
– Suicide In Children – What Every Parent Must Know
– How to Help Kids with Nightmares
– 5 Questions to Ask a Child Psychologist
– Social Challenges of Children With ADHD
– Social Challenges of Children With ADHD (part 2)
– Why Kids Often Don’t Speak Up Against Bullying
– Is It Bullying…Or Ordinary Meanness?
– They Call That Dancing!?
– Helping Children Feel Safe in an Unsafe World
– Talking with Children About Disaster