Parents

A Fun Way to Fight Childhood Anxiety

Parents / Lenore Skenazy / Jun 27, 2024

Wouldn't it be great if there was a new, fast, even cheerful way to fight the tide of anxiety engulfing this generation of kids?

It sure would. And darned if the latest Journal of Anxiety Disorders doesn't feature one. It's called independence therapy: having kids do new things, on their own, without their parents.

A pilot study conducted by...Read more

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Family guide to new movie releases

Parents / Parenting News / Jun 26, 2024

'HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - CHAPTER 1'

Rated R for violence, some nudity and sexuality.

What it’s about: A sprawling interconnected narrative about a group of settlers in the Old West descending on a place of promise called Horizon.

The kid attractor factor: Not much, this is more of an adult drama.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Guns, guns ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: When 'we' means someone else

Parents / Family Living / Jun 25, 2024

Q. I am my husband's second wife and we have been happily married for 40 years. My issue is that whenever my husband thinks of a place or a person from the past, he will start by saying: "When we were in Santa Fe, New Mexico....." So, I ask the obvious question: Who is we? His response is: my ex-wife. For 40 years I have told him that he shouldn...Read more