You shouldn’t treat your kids as friends. As a parent, your job is to teach them how to be upstanding responsible adults, which is a totally different relationship the one has with friends. There are different boundaries as you are the role model. You instruct your kids, discipline them as necessary, and by all means …
Category: Parenting issues
Blog posts on parenting issues
Mar 02 2023
What is the Psychological Effect When One Ignores a Young Child’s Feelings? Vol. 618 – March 2, 2023
Based on the issues that my clients bring with them into my practice, ignoring a young child’s feelings in some cases stops their ability to normally attach to others. They don’t understand why they don’t feel close to others and they end up feeling very lonely. Some become sex addicts and romance addicts. Depression and …
Jan 27 2022
Why Does My Mother Always Change the Topic Never Allowing Us to Have a Real Conversation? Vol 566, January 27, 2022
This was originally a question from a young woman on Quora which definitely deserved a thoughtful answer. For those of you who are dealing with a similar situation, here is the information that may help you to better understand what is going on and how to better deal with the situation. Great question, and one …
Aug 12 2021
What is Therapy Like for Teens? – Vol. 526, August 12, 2021
This is an interesting question for sure. I am not a licensed therapist, rather a hypnotist, and what I have found in my work is that it is much better if I can get the teen to have their parent in the session rather than not. There is a reason for this that many don’t …
Apr 29 2021
Perceptions: Time To Better Understand Yours – April 29, 2021
Today I want to speak to the idea of ‘perception.’ To make my point I am going to share what I learned from my father versus what my sisters told me they learned from him. He is long gone, having died at the age of 61 from a stroke on March 25, 1985. Do the …
Jun 07 2018
Our Teens Need Our Unconditional Love & Support
Our Teens Need Our Unconditional Love and Support, June 7, 2018 Our teens are in grave trouble. Too many of them are feeling depressed and anxious. About 13% of teens 12-17 years old have experienced one major depressive episode and one in three teens are dealing with some form of anxiety according to Child Mind …