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Meri Wallace LCSW

About

Meri Wallace, LCSW, is a parenting expert, and a child and family therapist. She is the author of The Secret World of Children, Birth Order Blues, and Keys to Parenting Your Four Year Old. Ms. Wallace has been a columnist for Sesame Street Parents Magazine and New York Family Magazine. Meri Wallace appears regularly on national TV and radio and blogs as a parenting expert and has been interviewed by magazines and newspapers including Newsweek and Cosmopolitan. She worked closely with a producer at Eyewitness News helping to design parenting segments in which she appeared as the expert and she also hosted her own parenting show on Plum TV in Southampton, NY.

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Recent Posts
When Your Child Says, "You're Not the Boss of Me"

When your child wants more independence, communicate that you value and are listening to your child's wishes.

When your child wants more independence, communicate that you value and are listening to your child's wishes.

Why Bribing Kids Backfires

Responsibilities and chores make children feel like they're more grown-up and good family members. 

Responsibilities and chores make children feel like they're more grown-up and good family members. 

How to Say No to Your Child

Boundaries can help children to manage their expectations.

Boundaries can help children to manage their expectations.

Teaching Kids Gratitude

Gratefulness is a way of life that can help people function better in relationships and feel happier in life.

Gratefulness is a way of life that can help people function better in relationships and feel happier in life.

Why Kids Whine

Does your child's whining upset you? Here are a few tips to communicate with your children when they whine.

Does your child's whining upset you? Here are a few tips to communicate with your children when they whine.