• Why All This Talking and Processing Isn’t Helping Your Child

  The Patterns of Attention That Quietly Reinforce Struggle Spend enough time around many households, or therapy offices, and you will hear a familiar and well-intentioned phrase: “Let’s talk about how you’re feeling. Or how do you feel about that?” At times, this is exactly right. When something meaningful happens—a real…

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• The Cost of a Relentlessly Easier Childhood

  When Good Intentions Create Painful Outcomes As a psychologist who has worked with families for decades, I am seeing a pattern that is difficult to ignore. We are raising children in a time of unprecedented comfort, safety, and opportunity—yet many are struggling emotionally, socially, and academically at levels that are…

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• Best Effort: One Key to Your Child’s Happiness

  Spring is a season of renewal. The days grow longer, energy returns, and many families begin thinking about new activities, sports, and opportunities for their children. It is also a time when an important parenting question quietly appears: Will our children learn to give life their best effort, or will…

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