Advice, information and updates on parenting and the art of teaching, from Psychologist Dr. John D. Rich.
The pride that your child can have when she solves a math problem that requires a new set of skills is psychologically similar to the pride she can feel when she learns how to kick the soccer ball with the side of her foot, or pass the ball between two cones. READ MORE
On an almost daily basis, each of us encounters problems to be solved, questions to be answered decisions to be made, and a pile of things we would like to accomplish. In short, every day requires us to navigate through stress. READ MORE
This morning, I am thinking of a simple quote by Leo Tolstoy in War and Peace: “Everything depends on upbringing.”
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In this article, I do not wish to spend a lot of time listing statistics to bolster the claim that racism against African-Americans is alive and well. I find the denial of racism, and its effects on African-Americans to be self-protective at best, and supportive of racism at worst. READ MORE
If the problems we see from poor children are more about their home life than about their school’s effectiveness, then it is important to ask why so that we may be able to help parents overcome the obstacles they are experiencing. READ MORE
The pressure to be perfect can be a source of motivation, or a source of great anxiety. My son Josiah is on the freshman football team at his high school. He had his first game of the season on Wednesday. For almost a week leading up to that game, he was visibly nervous. READ MORE
Being a good father is a mystery to many people. It’s no secret that fathers are encouraged to be more involved in the lives of their children than before. READ MORE
Where are you in the process of trying to be a better parent? Let’s discuss some research, including a short study that I did of my own, about how typical it is to just repeat your own parents’ behaviors, what kinds of situations make this lack of intentionality most likely, and how it is that some people decide to be a better parent than their own parents were to them. READ MORE
A parent of a son may tell the son to face his fears, stop being a crybaby, be a man, try it again. In general, boys are more likely to be encouraged to buck up and confront situations in a masculine way. On the contrary, girls are more likely to be listened to, parents will honor the girl’s feelings, perhaps step in and fix the situation for her, protect her, keep her safe, let her off the hook, use more control without granting autonomy. READ MORE
“Of course. Falling is how you learn. You didn’t hurt yourself that bad, right?” He sparked my masculine need to brush off my emotions, and I said, brushing a tear from my eye, “No. I’m all right.”
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