by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Sep 22, 2014 | Parenting, Psychology, Uncategorized
September is Suicide Prevention Month and perhaps if you’ve been observing your teen exhibiting signs of depression, you may not know how to have that conversation. But there’s some things to consider before you sit down for that talk. First consider the...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Sep 14, 2014 | Parenting, Uncategorized
With the video of Baltimore Ravens’s player Ray Rice beating his then-fiancee has circulated around the internet and many kids might have questions about domestic violence. There’s a few good things to keep in mind when approaching this with kids. As...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Sep 8, 2014 | Parenting, Theory & Research, Uncategorized
At Evergreen, we always encourage bonding between parents and children and regular family dinners can be a good way to do that But new research suggests that they can also help minimize the impacts of cyberbullying on our children. Researchers at the Institute for...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Sep 3, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting, Theory & Research
Sometimes it’s near impossible to predict what kind of parent someone will be before the child is born, but one study suggests parenting style can be predicted by having the potential parents play with dolls. According to a recent TIME article,...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Aug 25, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting
We at Evergreen Psychotherapy always encourage caution with bed sharing, but one mother makes the case for it as a part of attachment parenting and why the benefits outweigh the risks. Rebecca Hardy writes in The Independent (UK) that some of the studies, such as one...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Aug 6, 2014 | Parenting, Theory & Research
Secure bonding and strong attachment can lead to less of a need to use corporal punishment but research reveals that spanking is not effective in the long-run because it can lead to increased aggression and poor self-control. According to a study from the Columbia...
