by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 24, 2018 | Parenting Misc
You’re muttering to yourself that you can’t believe the summer has gone by as quickly as it has. You wonder whether you’ve done enough of the traditional summer activities before it’s all gone. And then there is the pit in the stomach. I know...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 25, 2018 | Parenting Misc
In this, the third of three blog posts on parenting, we highlight a mindset that can help you with challenging, “emphatic children.” As you will recall from the last two posts Parenting Post I- “Hey Bud”, Parenting Post Part II – “Hey,...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 20, 2018 | Parenting Misc
Last week we talked about a style of parenting that I dubbed, “Come 0n, Bud,” after this style was ridiculed by Bill Mahre in a recent stand-up special. (“Come On, Buddy…”) We emphasized that kids are driven by one primary motivation (i.e., pleasure)...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 12, 2018 | Parenting Misc
On a recent HBO special featuring Bill Maher, he spent part of his routine focusing on modern children and their parents. Maher said something like, “First of all, where did parents get the idea that they have to negotiate with their kids about everything? I see this...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 6, 2018 | Modern Childhood
Wow! I just found out that I’ve just reached my ninth anniversary of writing these blogs. The first one was published on 6/24/2009 (2009 Blog Post). Time does fly. Having written nearly 320 of these posts, I do my best to try to keep things fresh, but I know there...
