In recent years, many have voiced concern about potential negative impact of time-out, suggesting that it can damage the parent-child bond and leave children feeling…
Parents now face unique challenges in engaging their children. Studies show that young people spend excessive amounts of time daily interacting with screens, with recent…
“I told my wife our son was leaking for no reason. She corrected me – he was crying.” For Alex (name changed for anonymity) his…
The Good Place, a four-season series that aired from 2016 to 2020. It explores existential comedy themes revolving around morality, the afterlife, generational trauma, hope,…
Hoarding is often mocked, stigmatized, and used as entertainment in shows like Hoarders, on the Art and Entertainment Network. Previously regarded as a form of…
Covert or emotional incest is a form of emotional abuse in which parents rely on their child to meet their emotional needs, the way they…
In this conversation, Temple Grandin shares insight on how parents, teachers, and doctors can help autistic youth flourish by focusing on activities that work around…
Narcissistic people deeply crave the approval of others. This desire stems from an extreme insecurity which makes them hypersensitive to criticism and unable to acknowledge…
Chrissie Richards is a professional artist living in Brightlingsea on the North Essex coast in England whose work draws on her life experience. “I wanted…
The web has changed our lives rapidly over the past 30 years, for better or worse. With it have come changes in parenting, which have…
Britt Wray is a Canadian author, broadcaster, and researcher who investigates the connection between climate change and its effects on mental health. In her Ted…
“Relationships are the very oxygen of human development” Dr Karen Treismen is a Clinical Psychologist who focuses on understanding and healing trauma. In her Ted…
Mommy blogging started to gain popularity in 2010 and gave mothers a platform to share parenting experiences. By 2014 there was a predicted 4.4 million…
As someone who has supported children who have mental illnesses, I have always been an advocate for their health and safety. Recently, through speaking with…
Children all over the world are victims of online sexual exploitation, and over 200 million children worldwide are victims of sexual abuse. As a result…
In 2017, a father from Victoria, British Columbia, pleaded for his 15-year-old daughter to seek rehabilitation for an opioid addiction. He was terrified that by…
Entered in the 2013 National Poetry Slam, “Sons,” is a spoken word poem by Terisa Siagatonu and Rudy Francisco about the rape trial of two college football stars…
Clinical psychologists Haim and Alice Ginott, authors of the renowned book Between Parent and Child, developed a unique approach to child rearing that combines compassion and boundary…
Eric Clapton’s song “Tears in Heaven” could possibly be the saddest song ever written about losing a loved one. Dealing with the loss of his four-year-old son who fell from the…
Florence Leung of British Columbia, Canada went missing on October 25, 2016 while struggling with post-partum depression. Less than a month later, her family discovered…
