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Some new research is suggesting that kids who are taught  how special, unique, entitled, and even superior they are by their parents are more likely to develop narcissism later in life http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/09/love-thyself-coddling-parents-may-make-you-a-narcissist http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/03/09/how-parents-create-narcissistic-children/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/03/09/parents-stop-overvaluing-your-kid-you-may-create-a-future-narcissist-study-says/

This is a well-written piece with some advice for parents of anxious kids: http://www.heysigmund.com/anxiety-in-kids/

  The following scene is from the TV series SeaQuest DSV (1993-1996). The dialogue takes place between Captain Bridger and Dr. Wendy. The Captain has been given charge of a teenage boy named Lucas. He is really struggling with the boy’s stubbornness and rule breaking. Most recently Lucas had sneaked out to see a girl. […]

Older kids and teenagers may reject you as part of their growing up. Try not to take it too personally. That is why it is so important to make time to do things with them when they are younger.   * * * *   Do not expect your teens to make it easy for […]

This article debunks some common misconceptions about sleep: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-hendriksen-phd/3-crazy-myths-and-facts-about-sleep_b_6715758.html