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When is Anger at Children Healthy?

by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 18, 2021 | Article, Existing posts

Burning with rage at our children is a nearly universal experience, and yet it is one that most moms feel great shame and remorse about. It is frightening to find ourselves capable of wrath and perhaps even violent impulses toward those whom we love so greatly. Could...

Our Children’s Big Dreams

by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 11, 2021 | Article, Existing posts

Charley Pride was the son of an African American sharecropper in Mississippi. As a young man working alongside his father picking cotton, he mapped out his escape from the sharecropping life – he would play major league baseball and “break all the records” like Jackie...

Get Rid of Your Teen

by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 4, 2021 | Article, Existing posts

The title is a bit of an overstatement. However, there are some good reason to consider giving your adolescent a taste of independence. Throughout recorded history, children were often sent away from home to live with adults other than parents at the end of childhood,...

Big Picture Parenting: How Parenthood Helps Us Grow

by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Feb 25, 2021 | Article, Existing posts

Before I became a mother, I asked an older woman who was a mentor to me what she would have done differently if she could live her life over. “I would have had more children,” she said. “Being a mother was my refiner’s fire. Who would I have become if I had had more?”...

Parenting is a Journey, Not a Destination

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As my previously delightful daughter became sullen, surly, and withdrawn as she approached adolescence, I asked an older and wiser friend if the fun part of parenting lasted only a scant dozen years, and then was all downhill.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...

Do You Believe Your Child is Special?

by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 31, 2018 | Article, Uncategorized

Do You Believe Your Child is Special? October 31, 2018 When my children were small, we were friendly with a family who had a daughter who was quite bright. The parents spent a lot of time talking about Sophie’s intelligence and talents, and the special challenges that...