Research

Research

Encouraging Resilience

More Research Shows that Our Presence Matters in Our Kids' Lives

Encouraging Resilience

Another Study Shows Important Benefits from Risky Play

Working with Biological Family

New Study Indicates Parent-Child Relationships are Important for Later Flourishing

Encouraging Resilience

Participation in Team Sports May Boost Executive Function in Our Kids

Encouraging Resilience

More Evidence That We Matter in Our Children’s Lives

Encouraging Resilience

Strong Relationships May Be the Key to Resilience After Childhood Trauma

Recent Research: Most Child May Know Their Online Abusers

Encouraging Resilience

The Latest Science Says Our Children Need Less Adult Supervision

Encouraging Resilience

Growth Mindset Study Reveals An Important Lesson for Parents

Mental Health Challenges

Our Kids May Need Therapy That Doesn't Concentrate on Memories of Trauma

Effects of Childhood Trauma

New Research Suggests An Important Principle for Helping Children Deal With Trauma

Building Relationships

Four Important Principles for Letting Our Kids Bounce Off Us

Building Relationships

What It Means to Let Our Kids Bounce Off Us and Why It's Important

Mental Health Challenges

Is Less Supervision the Solution to Childhood Depression?

Mental Health Challenges

A New Study Suggests The Best Solution for Teen Depression Is Exercise

Mental Health Challenges

More Research Recommends Exercise as the Best Way to Battle Depression

Mental Health Challenges

What Research Teaches About How to Help Our Children Struggling with Depression

Finding and Enforcing Logical Consequences

Why Our Kids Need Responsibility for Household Chores

Building Relationships

Our Teens’ Brains May Be Hard-Wired to Ignore Us

Building Relationships

Supportive Parenting Styles Correlate with Warm Relationships with Adult Children

Encouraging Resilience

More Research about Family Traits that Help Foster Resilience

Mental Health Challenges

7 Things You Can Do if Your Child is Suffering from Anxiety

Encouraging Resilience

How to Build Our Kids' Resilience By Helping Them Change Their Self-Defeating Narratives

Mental Health Challenges

Are We Prescribing Too Many Medications for Normal Teen Problems?

Encouraging Resilience

The Best Way We Can Encourage Resilience and Build Self-Esteem

Encouraging Resilience

We Can Build Resilience By Providing Social Support

Encouraging Resilience

New Study Says Risky Play May Be Good for Our Children

Encouraging Resilience

Positive Childhood Experiences Can Boost Resilience and Help Heal Trauma

Effects of Childhood Trauma

Boys Who Have Suffered Trauma May Be Less Resilient Than Girls

Encouraging Resilience

Why Empowering Our Children is Not the Same As "Blaming the Victim"

Encouraging Resilience

Resilience or Self-Esteem -- Which Comes First in Recovering from Trauma?

Encouraging Resilience

More Encouraging Evidence that Positive Experiences Can Counteract Traumatic Experiences

Encouraging Resilience

Study: Positive Childhood Experiences Can Counterbalance Adverse Ones

Mental Health Challenges

Attention Disorders May Be A Bigger Challenge for Abused Children Than Anger Issues

Encouraging Resilience

How We Can Start With a Clean Slate, Or At Least Come Close

Setting and Protecting Your Priorities

One Key Reason that We Burn Out as Parents

Power of Plan B Parenting

Another Reason That Step Parents Are Important

Encouraging Resilience

Ways to Build Resilience in Young Adults

Encouraging Resilience

Ways to Help Build Resilience

Building Relationships

Why Quality Time is Essential to Stepparenting

Strong Commitments and Healthy Boundaries

Why Sacrifice Is Crucial in Stepparenting

Power of Plan B Parenting

Foster and Stepfathers are Uniquely Important

Power of Plan B Parenting

Historical Study: Children with Stepparents Lived Longer

Encouraging Resilience

Can We Find Anti-Bullying Programs that Work?

Effects of Childhood Trauma

How to Respond When Our Children's Memories are Wrong

Effects of Childhood Trauma

Dealing with the Effects of Coronavirus Lockdowns

Encouraging Resilience

Building Resilience by Connecting to Family Stories

Foster Parenting Special Topics

Swedish Study: Adults Who Spent Time in Foster Care Fared Worse than Non-Fostered Siblings

Encouraging Resilience

Parenting Children with Trauma: Countering ACEs

Mental Health Challenges

Helping Children Cope with Anxiety and Depression During A Pandemic

Encouraging Resilience

Mentoring or Grooming? What’s the Difference?

Encouraging Resilience

Building Family Resilience

Encouraging Resilience

Which Comes First, Resilience or Self-Esteem?

Encouraging Resilience

Encouraging Resilience

Encouraging Resilience

Countering Adverse Childhood Experiences

Effects of Childhood Trauma

Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Encouraging Resilience

Parents Can Help Prevent Bullying

Encouraging Resilience

Not All Stress is Traumatic

Mental Health Challenges

Reading, Writing, and . . . Mindfulness?

Mental Health Challenges

Anxiety in Kids? Treat the Adults!