Brian Marcus

Screen Time Is Fast Becoming Scream Time By now, the growing science on the impact of excessive screen time on the physical and psychological health of our youth is far too extensive to be ignored by parents. Just in case…

Helping Your Child Solve Problems There is a BIG difference between solving every problem your child lays on your lap and working through them together. The latter strengthens your child’s capacities to problem-solve on his or her own, but also…

Raising Courageous Children We all want our kids to be courageous. To take positive risks. To follow their dreams. Yet, paradoxically, most of us—along with society at large—are increasingly working against this wish by overprotecting, coddling, and shielding our youth…

An Effective Way To Discipline Your Child All parents secretly wish their kids arrived in this world with an instruction manual. Instead, despite holding one of the most important jobs ever, we are pretty much left to our own devices,…

Developing Emotional Intelligence In Kids The term “emotional intelligence” is so misused nowadays, most of us don’t know what it means anymore. And if we don’t know, we can’t teach. So, let’s start by recovering its true meaning: Emotional intelligence…

Power Struggles Are Not About Winners And Losers Besides keeping them safe, clothed, and fed, guiding children towards independence is one of parenting’s main tasks. One of its principal characteristics is the gradual transfer of power from the adult to…

Guiding Your Children Towards Purposeful Risk-Taking No matter how much parents try, many kids may progressively show curiosity about risky behavior as they grow into adolescence. It’s in their nature. In fact, the success of the human species surely owes…

Kids Are Not Sleeping Well Sleep deprivation is rapidly becoming a new epidemic. A recent study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that sleep problems now affect 25 to 50 percent of children and 40 percent of adolescents.…