Experts think that media has influenced the movement of parents intervening for their children in a myriad of ways. Helicopter parenting , for example, refers to “a style of parents who are over focused on their children,” says Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D., director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
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Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger December 4, 2019
“We parents are losing our shit, and that sucks and we all want to do better but we don’t know how. Also, because staying calm when everything is falling apart is the key to eternal happiness. OK, maybe not eternal happiness, but it is necessary to get the chaos under
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger November 28, 2019
It’s an all-too-familiar scene in my house: I’m standing at the stove, stirring the mac and cheese while occasionally checking email or text messages on my phone. Meanwhile, my older daughter is at the kitchen table, asking for help with her homework and her sister is in the other room,
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 30, 2019
Yelling tends to happen during a moment of heightened emotions, and heightened emotions tend to make our judgement blurry. We might have had a good reason to lose our cool, but once that cool is lost, it’s easy to get carried away. Carla Naumburg, a clinical social worker and
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 24, 2019
I knew the statistics. I knew that as many as 20 percent of new mothers suffer from one or more types of postpartum anxiety. I knew the symptoms, including constant worry, irritability, sleep disturbances, and a relentless fear that something terrible might happen to one of my daughters. I knew how
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 19, 2019
What happens when a teen feels one way about a particular issue or problem and the parent has a very different take? At Your Teen, we understand that sometimes you need to look at a problem from multiple perspectives. It can also be helpful to hear from a neutral third party.
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 17, 2019
We Jews are not a solitary lot. We come together to pray, welcome new life, mourn our losses, celebrate our holidays, and raise our children. They say it takes a village to raise a child — and I say it takes a shtetl to stay sane while we raise said child.
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 12, 2019
“Mommy, you seem a little cranky. Did you not sleep well last night?” My 10-year-old said this to me just this morning. As much as I wanted to send her directly to her room so I could zombie-stare into my lukewarm coffee in peace, I didn’t. Because she was right.
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger August 21, 2019
Every parent has those moments they’re not proud of — the time when, for whatever reason, they just lost it. Maybe the kids tried to push their buttons and it worked. Maybe it was already a high-stress situation, and the little ones just toddled in at the wrong time. Or
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger August 19, 2019
When Carla Naumburg found herself losing her cool with her kids again and again (and again) and not feeling especially good about any of it, she looked for help. Her Google search for “how to stop yelling at your kids” on a particularly tough night didn’t yield a lot of
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger August 15, 2019
I was thrilled to sit down with the hosts from a variety of podcasts to chat about How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids and all things mindful parenting. If you’re interested in conversations, chatter and general ramblings all about my new book and how to parent from
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger July 30, 2019
Let’s talk about a simple strategy for losing your shit less often: taking more space – both physical and psychological – from your kids. Time studies have found that we parents – even those of us who work full time – spend more time with our children than parents of
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger June 27, 2019
One of the most common reasons parents come to me for coaching is because they’re losing their shit with their kids. They want to learn how to stay patient when parenting gets tough. Many of these parents feel incredibly ashamed of their tempers. I get it. I’ve felt that shame
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger June 10, 2019