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BEING AN ONLY CHILD

ARTICLES ABOUT BEING AN ONLY CHILD

CONFLICT CAN STRENGTHEN MARRIAGE:
Dr. Carl Pickhardt explains using conflict to strengthen your marriage.

GET HELP:
Geriatric Care Managers offer solutions to some of the adult only child's care giving problems.

PRECIOUS ONLY CHILD SYNDROME: Dr. Nina Asher explains how and why some parents of only children hothouse their kids She tells you why it is damaging and how you can avoid it.

DIVERSITY: IT KEEPS A FAMILY TOGETHER:
Psychologist Dr. Carl Pickhardt gives us the third in a series on separation anxiety. Parents and only children have better relationships when they learn that being different actually strengthens relationships.

STAND YOUR GROUND:
Dr. Nina Asher helps parents come to terms with setting limits for their children and...sticking to them.

SETTING LIMITS, PART II, ADOLESCENCE: Dr. Nina Asher offers us guidelines for helping adolescents establish independence with a safety net.

THE DYNAMIC TRIANGLE:
Roger Dillow, LCSW, looks at patterns of behavior in only child families.

NOT FOR CHILDREN ONLY:
Dr. Carl Pickhardt outlines issues of separation that affect both parents and their only children.

STAND YOUR GROUND!:
Maintaining discipline with an only child is often easier said than done. Dr. Nina Asher helps strengthen parents' resolve, and advises parents on how to set limits in early childhood and adolescence.

SIBLING RIVALRY: Only children can have it too! - Dr. Lawrence Cohen, child development specialist explains that only children can also experience sibling rivalry.

PEER PLEASURE, PEER PAIN:
Part I Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D presents an inside look at the social lives of children, Part I.

PEER PLEASURE, PEER PAIN:
Part II Part II An inside look at the social lives of children, Part II, by Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D.

CHANGE AND THE ONLY CHILD: Dr. Carl Pickhardt gives advice on how to help your only child deal with change. Dr. Pickhardt's practice focuses on only children and their parents.

THE PERILS OF PRIVILEGE:
Psychologist Dr. Wendy Mogul stresses the importance of giving our only children "real world" experiences.

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