by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Jan 5, 2019 | Existing posts, Uncategorized
Out driving with my teenage son, we pass a coffee shop in a familiar neighborhood. For some reason, on this day the sight of the coffee shop releases a flood of memories. When he was younger, he and I would come here every week for a hot chocolate after dropping his...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Nov 15, 2018 | Article, Existing posts
As my previously delightful daughter became sullen, surly, and withdrawn as she approached adolescence, I asked an older and wiser friend if the fun part of parenting lasted only a scant dozen years, and then was all downhill. Her response was elucidating. “It’s hard...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Nov 7, 2018 | Existing posts, Uncategorized
A recent parenting piece in the Washington Post detailed how schoolchildren are challenged in Japan, and how learning to handle difficulties pays off later when these kids reach adulthood. One paragraph in particular caught my eye and made my mother’s heart skip a...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Oct 16, 2018 | Article, Existing posts
Last week, I explored whether avoiding all anger at one’s children might be too much of a good thing. In essence, I argued that when children see us deal with our aggression, they learn to deal with theirs. Anger is most essentially a response to having one’s...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Sep 12, 2018 | Article, Existing posts
I learned early in my daughter’s toddler days that savvy moms don’t gasp or shriek when the baby falls and bumps herself. At playgroups, the correct response was modeled for me: toddler falls down; toddler looks toward mom with a face beginning to scrunch with...
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