by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 1, 2023 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc, Uncategorized
Exciting News!!!!! Over the next few weeks, my latest book, “Beyond the Power Struggle: A Guide For Parents of Challenging Kids” is scheduled to be released. If you are a beleaguered parent or know a beleaguered parent, you might want to get a copy....
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 17, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Executive Functioning, Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
As noted in the previous blog, with children showing challenging behaviors causing you tremendous stress, you were encouraged to adopt a mantra helping you remain in your center, as you speak one “Didja” (e.g., “Didja you do your homework?”) after another. The mantra...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 10, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Executive Functioning
Following up on last week’s Selznick Poll discussion on what percentage of boys show signs of “executive function” deficits (click here: See “A Hypothetical Poll”) ,let’s emphasize some points: • Using a bell-shape curve perspective, if about 85% of the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 3, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Executive Functioning
Let’s take a random group of 100 boys, roughly between ages 10 – 14. You know nothing about them, but their moms are asked a simple poll question: On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the most negative) how would you rank your son on his taking initiative, organizing...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 27, 2023 | Assessment
Whenever I do an assessment I know that in many ways I am swimming against the tide in my approach and perspective. Hopelessly mired in identifying the the “soup-pot” of variables interacting, I rarely see things as one way or another. Parents are typically focused on...
