“Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn’t have anything to do with it.” -Haim Ginott Haim Ginott began his career as a school teacher in Israel, receiving his Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University in 1952. His book Between Parent and Child may be one of the best parenting books every […]
The Importance of Family Meals
Numerous research findings have documented the positive impact of having family dinners. Not only do kids get better nutrition, sharing meals as a family has been found to give kids a boost in the classroom, improve language skills in preschoolers, increase communication, and overall promote better adjustment of kids. Some of you may remember in the […]
Building Family Rituals
For more help with Key #4, Sharing Time Together… When you ask adults about positive experiences from their childhood, it is no surprise that many of their answers involve favorite family traditions. One of my fond memories growing up (which will surely date me) is Sunday night dinners, the only night we were allowed to […]
Exercise as an Anti-Depressant
Have you ever been close to someone who suffers from depression? What you may or may not know is that while antidepressants can be life saving for some, they can be only partially effective and sometimes ineffective for others. Doctors respond initially by trying patients on other kinds of antidepressants but when that fails, they […]
Adapting to Change and Building Resiliency
If you need more help with Key #3, Adapting to Change… Given that change is an inevitable part of life, it makes sense that all of us figure out how to increase our capacity to rebound or spring back from change and loss, a concept now called resiliency by social science researchers. Although some aspects […]
Embracing Change
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom”. – Confucius What I plan to ponder this week is the gift that comes with change. Sometimes it is easy to see the gift right away- like when you get lost on a hike but discover a meadow you never knew […]
