Changing Teenager’s Behavior-A Word About CurfewsWhat happens when your teenager is defiant, not remorseful, not conciliatory and/or not cooperative? Remember the previous examples from previous articles, when your teen came home a half-hour late on Friday night, but the next day was somewhat better behaved? What if your teen came home two hours late, slept most …

Changing Teenager’s Behavior-A Word About CurfewsI’ve been a child psychologist for 27 years. Here’s a short summary of some of the things parents consider when it comes to curfew; that variable time of night or day when kids should be home from the parent’s perspective, and when they actually arrive, and the implications of both. This …

Changing Teenager’s Behavior–The Cell PhoneWe parents know that most teenagers are wired to their electronic devices–computers, Play Stations, X Boxes, or cell phones. Talking on cell phones is ubiquitous. Texting each other during school hours is endemic and has replaced passing notes between classes. It used to be that only doctors had pagers and cell phones. …

A Brief Study of Two Year Old Oppositional BehaviorTwo year olds need to separate from their parents and they do that through defiance. Understanding this, the approach to a two year old is to shape his need to be independent, not to quash saying “No.” His need is to be independent, to prove himself AND to …

Diagnosing Anxiety Hello,My name is Dr. Griggs. I am a clinical psychologist and have worked in private practice over twenty years. I’ve written a single subject ebook about how to diagnose and treat your own anxiety. I presume you want straight answers. My goal is to help you understand/learn about anxiety and to teach skills to …