5 Tips to Get Kids to Do Homework
Here are my 5 tips for parents to get kids not only to do their homework but get into the homework-doing mood. Tip #1: Homework Should Fit The Goldilocks Principle Goldilocks had it right: whether it's porridge or homework, the best is the one that is not at either...
Stop Being Needy Before You Start Dating
What do you think is the biggest dating mistake? Its being needy. What I mean is this: a person getting into a relationship has to be prepared to GIVE. Being a giver - as I've said before on this blog - is crucial. The reason is simple. If both people in the...
Three Reasons for Fear of Commitment
We live in a singles world - and instead of being happy about their freedom, these singles are, for the most part, lost and lonely. If the obvious solution is to get hitched, the obvious question is: Why aren't they doing just that? Why are they afraid of commitment?...
4 Strategies to Get Kids to Listen
Eli is quite clear that he is a pretty important person. At six and the youngest of four, he’s used to those around him just stopping short of bowing down to him. Answering his every wish goes without saying. When he was two and oh-so-cute, he was irresistible. Now...
Why People Blame Others Instead of Taking Responsibility
Dear Dr. Deb, I have been following your columns for a while now and I have to say, they are a little bit “fluffy.” I don’t mean to be rude, but you make everything come out so easy, as if all problems can be solved in the course of one column. And life just isn’t so...
Work-Life Balance: Dr Deb Has a New Problem
My youngest son, when he was still living with us, shocked me by saying that there were no family dinners during the week in the years he was growing up. Here I was, the mommy-cook to end all mommy-cooks, the person who would experiment with various recipes multiple...
Don’t Send Your Teen to the Missing Persons List
Regarding the horrible revelation in Cleveland in May, 2013 when 3 women who had been held captive for ten years were rescued, several news outlets reviewed how the missing-persons list works. “Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year,” the Wall...
4 More Warning Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship
To continue with PART II of our look at singles' warning signs of an unhealthy relationship, here are the next four. Sign 4: You’re being isolated. This one is the opposite of #3. There, you didn’t feel “part of.” Here, you’re “all of.” In the beginning, this seems...
Singles’ Top 3 Warning Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship
Part I When people have long-term marriages and things are bad, we can work on fixing them. It’s better to resolve problems so kids can grow up in a home with two loving parents. But you aren’t married and you have your life ahead of you, so why get bogged down with...
How to Build Healthy Self Esteem in Children
Research shows that low self-esteem is associated with depression in adolescents and lower achievement in school. How can parents help their children to build healthy self esteem? High self-esteem can be dangerous One would think that it is obvious that children...