by Susan Stiffelman | Apr 5, 2022 | Sharings
My ADHD son has impulse problems. He is 13 years old and his behavior drives other children away. His teachers are beyond frustrated. Any advice on what to do? The pre-frontal cortex (PFC) is the part of the brain behind the forehead that governs the inhibitory...
by Susan Stiffelman | Mar 9, 2022 | Sharings
How do I teach my 8-year-old son to have better personal boundaries? For two years, he has been friends with a boy who is often in trouble at school, and whose parents find him challenging at home. While the boys share some common interests and frequently want to have...
by Susan Stiffelman | Feb 23, 2022 | Sharings
I have 2 kids — 6 1/2 and 5 years old. My husband works long hours and I am alone with them most of the time. It seems like all I do is scream and yell, because my stress level is so high. Money is short and I’m tired all the time. When something breaks...
by Susan Stiffelman | Feb 14, 2022 | Sharings
I am just plain worn out over getting my six-year old to do the simplest things like brushing her teeth or putting on her shoes. Why can’t she just say, “Okay, Mom” and get with the program? Why does she have to put up a fight about every single thing I ask her to do?...
by Susan Stiffelman | Feb 13, 2022 | Sharings
This week, I did private consults with two different families for a version of the same problem: kids who could not handle it when their parents said “No.” In one case, the dad of a teen said his son became furious if Dad said he couldn’t have...
by Susan Stiffelman | Feb 12, 2022 | Sharings
Not long ago, I found myself in conversation with a young daddy. He volunteered that he and his wife had an 18 month old who had been having frequent tantrums. “We give him the silent treatment. It makes him really mad but if we ignore him, eventually he...
