by Admin | Mar 23, 2024 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
The sink is plugged, the car has a flat tire, and Melinda needs help with a school project due tomorrow. On top of that, the kids haven’t stopped fighting and your headache is getting worse. Sound familiar? Sibling conflict is one of the dynamics parents wish we...
by Chris Jones | Aug 17, 2023 | Education, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
Some parents dread the start of the school year, having enjoyed lazy mornings and extra snuggle and play time with their children. Others of us jump for joy knowing our kids will be back in their routine and we have a nine-month hiatus from arranging camps and...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2020 | Parenting Skills
We all want our children to grow into resilient and self-sufficient adults, but it isn’t always clear how to foster those skills in our competitive world. Children today face an increasing amount of pressure from parents, society and the media to succeed....
by Chris Jones | Dec 31, 2019 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens
The Center for Children and Youth at JFCS is joining forces with Dr. Ken Ginsburg and The Center for Parent and Teen Communication in Philadelphia to help change the narrative about teens. Adolescence is a time of extraordinary possibility for young people. Yet,...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Media Safety, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology
By Havi Wolfson Hall, LCSW, Child and Adolescent Therapist and Parent Educator at Parents Place, Palo Alto “Help! My Kid is addicted to their phone!” Multiple scientific research studies are being published about the harmful correlations of screen time and...
by Admin | May 9, 2019 | Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls
By Beth Berkowitz, PsyD., Director of Children’s Clinical Services and Child Training Institute at JFCS’ Parents Place In California in 2018, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young people 15 — 24 years old. The San Francisco Bay Area...
by Admin | Apr 21, 2019 | Leisure & Vacation, Preteens & Teens
As the author of a book on slow parenting, I’m often asked by parents if it’s too late to connect or re-connect with their teens. The good news? It’s not. If you’ve already established some nice routines and favorite activities, this can be a...
by Chris Jones | Apr 18, 2019 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens
By Susan Sachs Lipman April is Financial Literacy Month and there’s no time like the present to give your kids some lessons that they can use for their entire lives. This is especially urgent, given some recent alarming statistics about financial literacy that...
by Chris Jones | Feb 20, 2019 | Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Toddlers
By Alyse Clayman, LCSW, Clinical and Site Director, Parents Place, Marin “Be kind! Quiet Down! Be polite! Don’t be so sassy! Stop yelling.” We’ve all said things like this to our daughters. While we do want to raise thoughtful, polite children, our girls...
by Chris Jones | Feb 4, 2019 | Education
By Mimi Ezray, LCSW, MPH, Director of Children’s Clinical Services at Parents Place on the Peninsula It’s that time of year again. The days are shorter, it’s cold outside, and many high school seniors have finished their college applications and are...