Feb 20, 2023
Addiction To Social Media (“Sucked Into The Endless Scroll”) I was struck by a story I read the other day about a teen who was heavily addicted to social media, and he went on a complete, cold-turkey detox away from social media. In this episode, I talk...
Feb 10, 2023
Alarming Survey Results: Mental Health Top Concern Among Parents In a recent Pew Research survey, mental health emerged as the top concern for parents regarding their children. This was a little surprising to me, considering all the other issues that face parents and...
Jan 31, 2023
How To Bond And Connect With Your Baby In The Best Way One of the podcast listeners, Josh, emailed me and asked how to best connect with their baby. Play therapy principles still apply in relationship building with babies and infants! So in this episode, I’ll...
Jan 11, 2023
The Dangers Of TikTok As a child therapist, I’m on the front lines of the damage that devices and social media are doing to our kids. The worst of all, in my opinion, is TikTok. There is nothing redeemable about TikTok, especially in light of what it’s...
Jan 6, 2023
Handling Behavior With Appropriate Consequences In this episode, I discuss the following topics: Three types of consequences: Natural, Related, and Unrelated consequences What changes behavior in children The goal of...
Dec 27, 2022
Spanking and the Rationalization Trap: How Some Parents Use Flimsy Excuses to Justify Physical Discipline In this episode of the podcast, we will be exploring the often-controversial topic of spanking, by way of a viral video that I saw this week highlighting the ways...