One of the first people to suggest that birth order has an effect on personality was an Austrian psychiatrist, Alfred Adler – according to Wikipedia. A contemporary of Sigmund Freud and…...

If you think the scariest hood to be in is Parenthood, then you’re right. But there’s a way to make parenthood a little less scary. A lot of people ask…...

When I was a boy growing up in Baltimore City, I often wondered what it would be like to be a father. I always felt, somehow, that I would be…...

Age Appropriate Discipline Techniques The most common parenting mistake I see comes from parents who fail to change their discipline tactics as their children get older. I am supplying you…...

Where, in birth order, do you come among your siblings? Are you the youngest child in the family? Do you see yourself as different from your brothers and sisters? Are…...

My daughter recently turned four, and as she pouted and wrapped her hands into my shirt, her legs going limp as everyone sang “Happy Birthday,” I suddenly realized I am…...

There is an ancient saying in the Hindu tradition that unless we receive the blessing of our parents, we cannot progress on our spiritual path. This saying may conjure images…...

We are humans, we make mistakes. We slip up, and sometimes we curse under our breath or even loudly in front of our children. Don’t beat yourself up; it happens…...

Demanding children – children who have entitlement issues – seem to be common these days. Like the obnoxious child, Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, who was constantly…...

For centuries, we have been locked into gender roles of male as the provider and protector and female as homemaker and nurturer. But the 21st century has seen the beginning…...