We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
What to Do When Traditional Parenting Rules Don’t Apply
Traditional Parenting Rules Often Don’t Apply Anymore, So Parents are Seeking Out New Solutions
On top of losing faith in a secure future, mothers and fathers deal with everyday dilemmas that make a joke of traditional parenting rules and childrearing practices.
Bullying in Schools: What to Do When Officials Can’t Help
As Parents Become Frustrated with Officials Who Can’t Help with Bullying in Schools, They Turn to Another Source
Almost nothing evokes more fear and dread in parents today than the omnipresent specter of social cruelty and bullying in schools.
Empowering Today's Parental Authority Figures
Ron Taffel on What Families Can't Function Without
The days of children being seen and not heard are long gone. Now, however, kids and teens are increasingly expressing themselves through extensive online social networks, which open them up to new spheres of influence that challenge parental authority in an unprecedented way.
When Three Threatens Two
Must Parenthood Bring Down the Curtain on Romance?
Sex makes babies. So it is ironic that the child, the embodiment of the couple's love, so often threatens the very romance that brought that child into being. Sex, which set the entire enterprise in motion, is often abandoned once children enter the picture. Why does parenthood so often deliver such a fatal blow?
Bad Couples Therapy
Getting Past the Myth of Therapist Neutrality
As a graduate student, I'd done individual counseling before, and had worked with parents and kids, but had never worked with a couple. Thirty minutes into the first session, when I was lost in the midst of a meandering series of questions, the husband leaned forward and said, "I don't think you know what you are doing." Alas, he was right. Naked came the new couples therapist.
