January/February 2012
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Are Parents Obsolete?
Confronting the Dilemmas of 21st-Century Childrearing
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Editor's Note
The old compact between family and society—each doing its part to protect and promote the whole—seems to be badly strained, if not flat-out broken. Thus, the semi-facetious question on our cover, “Are Parents Obsolete?” alludes to deadly serious challenges not just to parents, but to the entire institution of parenting itself.
The Decline And Fall Of Parental Authority
and What Therapists Can Do About It
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 challenge the entire social, educational, and economic context of childrearing. Read More
Brain-Based Parenting
What Neuroscience is Teaching Us About Connecting With Our Kids
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Psychotherapy At The Crossroads
A New Vision of Integrative Mental Health
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It’s More Complicated Than That
Probing the complexities of the antidepressants debate
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