by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 2, 2018 | Article, Existing posts
My two kids have always had a competitive and contentious relationship. Now that they are teens, this friction often expresses itself as fierce disagreement on social and political issues. As the wider culture has grown increasingly polarized, so had our dinnertime...
by Lisa Marchiano | Jan 26, 2018 | Article, Uncategorized
Do Kids Have Too Much Power? January 26, 2018 These days, there is a widespread tendency for children of all ages to have too much power relative to their parents. I realize it sounds a bit old-fashioned to say this, and in fact I believe this trend has developed in...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Dec 7, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
I am always a little surprised when a mother tells me with great shame and in great secrecy that she finds she doesn’t particularly like her child. Of course we don’t always like our children! It seems there is too much secrecy around this fact, and greater acceptance...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Nov 30, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
When my client Rose was around nine or ten years old, she and her family were camping. With her parents’ permission, Rose set off on a walk through to woods to join up with friends at the lake. Rose remembers being suddenly startled by a large black bear rearing up in...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Jul 21, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
Research indicates that emotional regulation is one of the most important skills we can teach our children. Teens who lack an effective way of managing distressing emotions may choose maladaptive ways of coping, such as avoidance or numbing through addictions....
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