Make sure your child’s emotional needs are met. It is very difficult for children to treat others kindly if they do not feel loved. Everyone knows that one of the reasons that kids bully others is that they don’t feel good about themselves….

When you started your medical training, were you told that you could potentially be permanently psychologically damaged by your job? Did your medical school instructors provide you with a toolkit to prevent compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma?What …

The words “empathy” and “teen” may feel like an oxymoron if you’re a parent. You may have accepted that your teen is self-centered and that’s just how it’s going to be until they grow out of it. Actually, teens…

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