Fathers should be appreciated all year… not just on one day! While Father’s Day is a tremendous idea, we all need to affirm Dads for their significance every day of the year.
I come from a long line of fantastic fathering men. My grandfathers were both grand fathering me from birth to their deaths. My Dad, [...]

Dear Dr. Corwin:
I am the father of a two-year-old boy. When I am with him alone, he is a good toddler. He gives me no problems and doesn’t whine or throw tantrums. But when he is with my wife alone, or my wife and I are together with him, he is whiney and has tantrums [...]

In celebration of Mother’s Day, I’d like to share a special poem with you that was given to me by a mom that I had been working with earlier this year. She was a new mommy having trouble adjusting to being a stay-at-home-mom after the birth of her second child. She came seeking guidelines in [...]

No question 10 years ago and no question now that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were both severely mentally unstable teenagers.  New perspectives on this horrifying tragedy are emerging.  My only hope with any new information the parenting community does get is that all parents try to remember these three points:
#1 Learn what drives your [...]

Spanking is so misunderstood. 
For decades spanking has been defined as a discipline technique. Spanking has nothing to do with discipline; it is a punishment technique.  Discipline teaches a child how to behave so they can change and punishment only stops behavior, but never changes it.
 
A decade ago the word on the street and among [...]

I am a Pediatrician going through divorce. I have a 4 and 7-year-old boy who hit, kick, push and call me names. They are great at school and with other parents, but when I am with them, I become their punching bag! 
I put them up in their rooms, take things away; it does not seem to make [...]

Hi Dr. Ann.
How do I get my children to acknowledge what I am telling them…my son seems to always make noises, shake his head around…while I’m trying to tell him something…I try to get him to say “ok mom” after I tell him something…but I’m not sure its coming from the “heart”…
Jen,
This is a tough [...]

We’re having a new problem (really between my husband and myself) in deciding when to give in to her need for attention.  Marian is 2 1/2 and will tell us to stop talking to each other at the dinner table and start talking to her. 
We try to give her a bit of attention and then [...]

I don’t know how to answer my 21/2 year old when he says, “Mommy, you don’t love me.  He keeps saying it to me especially when I tell him to do something he doesn’t want to do.  But, he even says it to me when he is not misbehaving!  It’s breaking my heart, please help!
Sandy [...]

Kids begin to swear around the age of 4.  Not really, but they do use phrases like you are a “pooh, pooh head” and “I don’t like you anymore” and “You are the meanest mom”.
Translated into teen language you know what “pooh, pooh head,” means, oh, yes it’s SH*T HEAD.  So if you don’t want [...]