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  • Setting Boundaries with your Kids: How and Why
    Tue, 01/17/2012 at 3:00pm
    In a family system, there are three primary relationships:  The couple, the parent-child, and the sibling relationship.  Having appropriate and healthy boundaries within these relationships is imperative, especially when it comes to the parent-child relationship, and that can mean the difference between healthy development and problematic developmental experiences.  
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  • The Joys of Failure
    Wed, 01/4/2012 at 8:33pm
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  • Childhood Bullying
    Mon, 10/10/2011 at 10:12am
    Being teased or called names Having false stories spread about you. Forced to give up belongings – like money or games Threatened over the Internet Physically harmed – beat up or put in a locker. Friends pressured not to hang out with you. Children and adolescents may experience these forms of bullying.  Bullying creates a power differential that puts the victim in a one down.  Bullying affects both the victim and the bully.
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  • My kid’s got ADD/ADHD-HELP!!!!

    Wed, 09/7/2011 at 7:11am
    “Pay attention!”  “Would you calm down and sit still!”  “For the 15th time, listen to me and do what I’m telling you to do!”   Sound familiar? So you have a child with ADD/ADHD. Not to fret. Although the symptoms may feel overwhelming and difficult to deal with, it is not an impossible task to help your child develop the skills and structure necessary to adapt to the symptoms of this problem and function successfully.  Let’s start with the basics…what is ADD/ADHD?    
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  • Your Junk Drawer
    Mon, 08/1/2011 at 8:04pm
    Written By:  Hilary Katz MSW, LSW  
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