Hopefully your children’s transition from summer to school is a smooth one, but if not, here are a few tips on how to cope with typical back to school conflicts.
Dealing with Heavy Homework after a Light Summer
Homework can be piled on thick at the beginning of the new school year, or at least it seems [...]

As adults we all look forward to those ‘lazy days of summer’, but with the kids out of school it can be stressful, instead of relaxing.  Questions like, how many activities should be planned for kids, how much T.V./computer is too much, where do we go on vacation and can I even go to the [...]

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 [...]

Sexting, sending racy or sexually explicit messages or photos via cell phones and computers, is becoming an alarmingly common practice among teens.  It’s a felony, as law enforcement qualifies sexting as minors in possession of pornography.  So why don’t kids believe they are doing anything wrong?
I’ll tell you why!  Sending a message to someone without [...]

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 [...]

Politics are not my usual topic of discussion when it comes to children and families.   But, I am extremely compelled to communicate accurate information to you about proposition 1-D, one of the CA May 19th special election initiatives.
 
In 1998, CA Children & Families Act formed a State Commission to oversee & support funding for the [...]

This economic downturn affects everyone, children included.  Because there is no money, all services for kids will be compromised from classroom size to school closings and unemployment support for children whose parents have lost their jobs.  Parents worry not only about how to provide for their children, but what should they tell their kids about [...]

Oprah’s show this week about the “Little Girl Found Living Like an Animal” reminded us all what devastating effects neglect has on children. 
Even if kids are not severely neglected they suffer if their parents don’t have a relationship with them.
 
Dr. Bruce Perry www.childtrauma.org is not only the leading authority on child abuse and neglect, [...]

Last night’s ABC “The Bachelor” show was just as entertaining as promised, with every twist in the book thrown at the audience.  But at what cost to a child?
 
Jason, the single dad of Ty, a three year old, came off initially as a really genuine guy, who professed to put his child first at all [...]

Michael Phelps is our most recent American hero, the next young adult for our children to admire and want to be just like him.  Come to find out, he is human and makes mistakes just like the rest of us.  So how do parents teach their kids about mistakes and how to make amends?
 
In 2004, [...]