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Parenting expert Susan Newman, Ph.D. specializes in issues impacting your children, family life, and work and personal friendships. Dr. Newman is a social psychologist and best-selling author who focuses on solutions that enrich and protect those relationships.

Given altered definitions of family and society’s fast pace, new concerns emerge and we need to adapt and adjust to them. As children grow, a parent’s role is constantly being redefined and challenged. These pages are designed to help you respond to your own and your children’s needs and dilemmas.

The site is filled with articles and news reports to keep you up-to-date on research based evidence and the latest thinking. As you look around, you will find information on family size questions, only children, imaginary friends, creating rituals and traditions, coping with empty nest, boomerang children, grandparenting and much more. If you don’t find what you are looking for, please use this contact button to send a request or question.

In the News

Too Old To Be A Dad? (Time Magazine)

Miller: Job outlook is good for grads who have the right skills (The NJ Star-Ledger)

Are Only Children Bossy, Lonely, Selfish? (20/20 ABC News (Video))

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Curbing Too-High Hopes for Children’s Success

Why and how to curb parental fantasies for children.

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5 Steps to Prepare Your Toddler for College

A new study of college students pinpoints the negative effects of too much parental involvement in a child’s life. Find the balance that will benefit your child from toddlerhood through the teen and college years and beyond.

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Why Some People Can’t Stop Bragging

Science helps to explain why we brag so much. Or, is it just human nature to brag about ourselves or our children?

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To Share or Note to Share? Depends…

Your son or daughter might know that sharing with others is good behavior, but a University of Michigan study, “I Should but I Won’t: Why Young Children Endorse Norms of Fair Sharing but Do Not Follow Them,” found this doesn’t mean she’s quick to follow her own advice.

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