2012 January/February
January/February 2012 Are Parents Obsolete?
Confronting the dilemmas of 21st-century childrearing

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PNJF12-1...and What Therapists Can Do About It

By Ron Taffel

American parents today face a perfect storm of cultural and social circumstances that undermine the very foundations of parental authority. In response, mothers and fathers are beginning to see therapists as irrelevant and to

PNND12-2Tapping the Wisdom of True Experts

By David Flohr

Traditional approaches to helping parents too often fail to address their profound sense of disempowerment and frustration. It’s time to find new ways to help mothers and fathers develop supportive communities outside of therapy.

PNND12-3What Neuroscience is Teaching Us About Connecting With Our Kids

By Jonathan Baylin and Daniel Hughes

Our growing understanding of attachment, its neurobiological foundations, and the five basic processes that shape the parenting brain are

PNND12-4A New Vision of Integrative Mental Health

By Andrew Weil

An alternative to the old talking cure is expanding the knowledge base of psychotherapy as we recognize the role that exercise, nutrition, spirituality, mind-body

Mental Health Systems Under Stress

By Rob Waters

It’s More Complicated Than That

By John Preston

Beyond Clinical Correctness

By Michael Ungar

Learning How to Learn

By Ryan Howes

A Bond Like None Other

By Diane Cole

The ideal family "village"

By Rich Simon

The Sadness Ghost

By Mark Greene