Our Thriving Children

Family Dynamics

Welcoming a New Baby Into the Family

Tovah P Klein Ph.D. on June 29, 2017

Welcoming a new baby to the family is a joyous occasion. It can also be fraught with trepidation and worry.

Welcoming a new baby to the family is a joyous occasion. It can also be fraught with trepidation and worry.

Parenting

America's Parenting Crisis Is Harming Our Children

Tovah P Klein Ph.D. on July 16, 2014

A parenting crisis looms today where parents rapidly swing between two extremes: treating children like peers or best friends one moment and using shame and controlling every aspect of their lives the next. Children are not getting the parenting guidance they need. This crisis is expressed in children's inability to become autonomous and independent.

A parenting crisis looms today where parents rapidly swing between two extremes: treating children like peers or best friends one moment and using shame and controlling every aspect of their lives the next. Children are not getting the parenting guidance they need. This crisis is expressed in children's inability to become autonomous and independent.

Health

Stop the Health Food Madness Before We Harm the Children

Tovah P Klein Ph.D. on June 5, 2014

Food is a common battleground for children. Obesity rates for children in the US have skyrocketed over the past few decades. Paradoxically, controlling food intake and talking about it with children actually lead to worse, not better, eating patterns. Here's why and what to do instead to create healthy eating in children, the base for lifelong healthy outcomes.

Food is a common battleground for children. Obesity rates for children in the US have skyrocketed over the past few decades. Paradoxically, controlling food intake and talking about it with children actually lead to worse, not better, eating patterns. Here's why and what to do instead to create healthy eating in children, the base for lifelong healthy outcomes.

Transitions are part of life, but hard for young children to handle. Here's how we can help our little ones through transitions to lay the foundation for their independence.

The demands of raising children and building careers often collide. The needs of both domains are often in head-on conflict, especially in a child's early years. We return to the question of 'Can women actually do it all?' The answer could be "Yes".