John's Articles
Child-Rearing has 3 Fundamental Elements - Function, Obligation, and Purpose - Part 1
Posted on 12/3/1989
TAKE IT EASY, MOM; PARENTING'S NOT SO HARD Since the late '40s, when Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Baby and Child Care" was just about the only child-care manual in the marketplace, the number of...
Read MoreAfter-School Activity
Posted on 12/18/1988
Kids can fill spare time themselves My mother's favorite after-school activity for me was "go outside and find something to do." with the exception of making sure I did my chores, she felt no...
Read More7-Year-Old Doesn't Want Same Bedtime as 4-Year-Old Sibling
Posted on 9/20/1987
FAIRNESS ISN'T ALWAYS ESSENTIAL WITH KIDS We have two sons, ages 4 and 7. Ever since the younger one started sleeping through the night, they've had the same 8:30 bedtime. Chad, the...
Read MoreCustody Fights are Hard on Kids
Posted on 8/8/1987
Custody battles are no fun. They're almost always vicious, ugly little affairs that rarely fail to bring out the worst in people. As a psychologist frequently involved in custody...
Read MoreTaming the Summer Bummers
Posted on 6/8/1987
Only Satan could think of something as diabolical as a three-month summer vacation. It's a misnomer anyway. Vacation derives from vacate, which means empty. Most parents, on the other hand, would...
Read MoreTips on Child Rearing
Posted on 5/17/1987
A FEW TIPS ON CHILD REARING Some thoughts on raising children, arrived at over the course of more than eighteen years of parenthood. * The secret to raising happy, healthy children: Pay...
Read MoreKids Need to do Chores
Posted on 8/10/1986
KIDS NEED AND TAKE PRIDE IN CHORES One of the conclusions I've reached in talking with parents is that the overwhelming majority to today's children don't have a variety of chores they are...
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