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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a series of safety guidelines for children trick-or-treating on Halloween.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/halloween-app-parents-track-kids-trick-or-treat-_n_1966942.html   Parents worry about things like tainted candy and child abductions on Halloween. But, according to this AP report, the likelihood of those things happening is slim (A child has never been killed or […]

Most people are probably familiar with the five stages of dying (sometimes also known as the five stages of grief). Elizabeth Kubler-Ross originally conceived of these as the stages that a dying patient may experience when he finds out that he is dying.  She theorized that some people may not pass through all the stages, […]

Some tips for parents to help their kids stay safe online: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/parenting/child+internet+safety-260774.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-hindenach/online-safety_b_2090288.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/monitoring-kids-facebook-2009-18752525   And a new Australian campaign to educate teens about online safety: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/online-campaign-aims-to-teach-teenagers-how-to-respect-each-other-on-social-media/story-fndo471r-1226515454517

Compromise is when everyone walks away equally unhappy. Walk in ready to give a little instead of walking in with a list of demands and sticking points.   * * * *   Practice active listening. Pay special attention to hear the other person’s point. Try to avoid just waiting for your turn to talk. […]

A collection of comments by leaders in child psychology regarding their best empirically tested insights for managing children’s behavior: Highlights: -Simply put, giving attention to undesired behaviors increases undesired behaviors, while giving attention to good behaviors increases good behaviors, says Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, a Yale University psychology professor and director of the Yale Parenting […]