How the Snowplow Parenting Trend Affects Kids

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 near

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Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger December 4, 2019

Therapy Made Me a Better Parent

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 helpful therapy could

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Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger September 19, 2019