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 author of 15 books 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… Read More
It’s no secret that most teens would rather spend time with their smart phones than do homework, read, or interact with their families. But, can it weaken the parent-teen bond?… Read More
As a parent, you may have thought your young adult’s arrival home was a stopover, a year, tops, until he or she found another job or finished her education. Wake-up call: Yours may be far too content to think about leaving. And, he’s not the only one.… Read More
In most families, siblings don’t contribute equally to the care of their parents. The research on the subject shows that the share is often disproportionate, creating resentment and argument between siblings…… Read More
How We Shortchange Our Youngest Learners Preschoolers are working more, but learning less. Have we set the “bar” too high for young learners? Read More 9 Signs Your Child Has Entitlement Issues If you are an overly involved or protective parent, you likely feed into your child’s sense of entitlement with realizing. Here, ways to… Read More
Young children know way more about sharing than you may think. As parents, we teach them that “sharing is caring,” but new studies indicate that it might not be their playmates that they’re “caring” about. … Read More
Parents of singletons often worry that without siblings, their child might have problems sharing and making friends — and hence, will be lonely. But, this stereotype of the only child as lonely child has long been without merit. … Read More
“When is the ideal time to have a baby?” Everyone has an opinion and most people have no qualms sharing it. Whatever people believe, women are having their first babies later than ever before. … Read More