Monthly Archives: June, 2009
10 Steps to Loving Your Body: Step 4, Give and Take
By Isabelle Tierney, M.A., LMFT, CSPT
In the last few months, you have learned to be in deep contact with your body, to listen to your body, and to communicate lovingly with your body. This month, we focus on the practice of Give and Take, a “must” skill for anyone in a loving relationship. Unhealthy relationships [...]
Quick and Easy "Chillaxation" Tips
Stress is a part of every day life. How we react to every day speedbumps can increase or decrease the stress we have. Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine has a great article packed with travel sized nuggets of practical advice for how to de-stress some stressful situations you may already be grappling with. Many of the [...]
You don't have to be picture perfect to be the perfect (TV) dad
Television dads have changed over time to reflect our changing expectations for fathers. Sheri Levine of CanWest News Service writes more about those imperfect TV Dads.
Thinking about TV dads makes us curious. Who are considered the “best” and “worst” dads on television? Bill Cosby’s Cliff Huxtable character is one of the most beloved, and embraced [...]
Grilled Pizza and other favorites for Dads and Teens
For the Dad who loves to BBQ and would like to get his pizza-loving kiddos involved, we recommend visiting this allrecipes.com page for a video on how to make a pizza on the grill. Fun!
For other great BBQ and grilling recipes for the days when Dad (or Mom) wants to cook over an open flame, [...]
Some favorite fatherblogs
Some dads love to blog. And they are great at it! We’ve come accross a few funny, heartwarming and interesting blogs ourselves. Do you have any “dad” blogs you like? Do you have one of your own? Tell us about it in our comment section.
In the meantime, check out a few of our favorite blogging [...]
ParentCulture: Fathering includes more participation than ever before
Parent Culture: Fathering includes more participation than ever before.
How do you see father roles evolving over time? Are you a different kind of dad than your father was?
Check out this interesting article from USA Today about how fathers are participating in their children’s lives more now than ever before.
Money is tight. Should we skip the vacation this year?
Money is tight. Should we skip the vacation this year?
Srinivasan Pillay, psychiatrist and writer for Huffington Post discusses the many factors that families and individuals might consider when thinking about canceling or modifying their vacation plans. Read the whole article here.
Will the vacation increase or decrease your stress level? If your financial debt will [...]
Recent Study links lack of sleep to teen depression
Teens who get less sleep, even on weekends are more prone to depression.
From USA Today
“A team led by Columbia University Medical Center researcher James Gangwisch examined surveys from 15,659 teens and their parents who took part in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of adolescent health. Previous research has established a firm connection between [...]
Teens and Parents psychology is linked
From the NYTimes:
Overcoming depression is a family affair, and teens who are learning new ways of coping with their internal distress fair better if their parents are not also depressed.
“Teenagers whose parents have a history of depression are at particularly high risk of becoming depressed themselves. Now, a large clinical trial has found that a [...]
Teens & Hugging, Legitimate Concern?
Schools are always looking for ways to ensure appropriate behavior, so it makes sense that a “trend” in teen hugging is alarming school officials across the country.
Teens are notoriously less inhibited than older generations, so it logically follows that hugging as a form of greeting might make adults feel uncomfortable. Especially if those adults are [...]
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