Parenting Issues

Emile du Toit is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
He qualified in 2003, having completed his master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at Rhodes University. He has been working in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including as clinical director of an inpatient drug addiction unit. In 2007, he decided to go...
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The Child & Family WebGuide was created in April 2001, by faculty at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University and librarians at Tisch Library, also at Tufts. The Eliot-Pearson Department has a 75-year history of studying, teaching and fostering the well being of children. The Tisch Library participates in the...

Begin using positive Parenting Prescriptions by Dr. Glenn Latham for your infant, child, teen, and adult children. These effective methods apply to marriage, schools, offices, and interactions in any setting.
Parenting Prescriptions include home remedies, preventive strategies, and positive skills that bring parents and children together in loving...
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Parents or guardians of children who experience bedwetting at night or accidents during the day should treat this problem with understanding and patience. This loss of urinary control is called urinary incontinence or just incontinence. Although it affects many young people, it usually disappears naturally over time, which suggests that...

Parents generally want their children to avoid drugs, violence, and jail, and they don't want them to drop out of high school or become a teen parent. However, they also want children to be happy and emotionally healthy, to have positive relationships with other people, and to contribute to the community.
Despite the desires of parents for...

One out of two marriages ends in divorce. Sixty percent of second marriages fail, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 66% of marriages and living together situations end in break up, when children are actively involved, according to Stepfamily Foundation statistics. It is predicted that 50% of children in the US will go through a divorce before...

Comprehensive child/adolescent psychological evaluation must include assessment of the family system, including such dimensions as communication patterns, emotional responsiveness and involvement among family members, problem-solving capacity, disciplinary control, value structure, coping skills, and others. But before it can be determined if a...

Dr. Roger W. McIntire and his wife Eileen own and manage ParentSuccess.com. Dr. McIntire received his M.A., followed by his Ph.D., in Experimental Psychology from Louisiana State University. He worked in the Psychology department at the University of Maryland for 32 years, serving first as a Professor, and then as Associate Dean. He led courses on...

My mission is your personal growth. As a positive psychologist, I design our sessions focusing on encouraging you to identify and develop your own positive emotions, positive experiences and positive traits. Initially our work includes your most pressing concerns, but my overall treatment plan nurtures that which is best within you. We study your...