by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Apr 29, 2021 | Article, Existing posts
In part one of this blog post, I noted that adolescents are prone to face questions of meaning as they enter adulthood. At such a time, they often look to us to see how we have negotiated these existential matters. Often, youth find that the adults in their lives are...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Apr 22, 2021 | Article, Existing posts
“The young know they are wretched, for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come in contact with the real they are bruised and wounded….They must discover for themselves that all they have read and all they have...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 25, 2021 | Article, Existing posts
Most parents get angry with their children frequently, and when we do, we often feel badly about it. While unrestrained parental rage can be damaging to a child, in recent posts, (see here and here) I’ve been taking a look at the potential positive side of...
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,...
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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