Let’s just start off by saying there are usually many right ways to accomplish whatever, but many individuals still insist they’re right about pretty much everything.Admittedly, being right feels good. We’re like kids in the classroom, eagerly raising our hands when we know the answer. We love winning–being right!–so much that many of us are tempted to cheat […]
Dr. Carol “Our son Ethan is 3 yrs old and when my husband asks for him to give him a kiss or hug him he refuses. He will easily give me kisses and hugs though. It seems like they are already starting to butt heads. My husband tends to use an authoritarian style parenting. He will […]
Even if you feel loved, you may not feel respected.While the term respect technically means to be valued, it also can mean being treated with courtesy and having certain rights, which is where the problems often come in. In the complexity of relationships, we need to both be respected and to respect, but that can be difficult.Parents talk […]
“I have 2 daughters. One is married with a baby and my older daughter is gay and has a partner. When my youngest daughter was still in the hospital after the delivery of her son, her husband made sexual advances toward my older daughter-asking her if she had ever been with a man and saying that […]
My daughter and her husband have been having problems for quite a while. In fact, he says he hasn’t felt right about them for 3 years. (They are married 6+). My husband and I have stayed out of it, unless she asks for help. They still live together, but more or less as roommates. He […]
“My stepson is ten, and has no boundaries. At his mothers home, he’s allowed to watch any rated show and movies and play any kind of video games any time and as long as he wants. He’s allowed to wander the neighborhood and go to the store with friends or alone. He eats and drinks whatever he […]
When my first child was born, I looked down at her and was immediately struck that she bore a great resemblance to her father. She looked just like him, minus the mustache. Fortunately, he’s got great genes. Ironically, this daughter’s personality is more like me. We get in trouble when we anticipate or assume that […]
“I would like some advice on a situation that happened 20 years ago. When I first started dating my wife our children, my 10 year old daughter and her 12 year old son had some sexual acting out. We immediately took action and sent the boy to a treatment center for a year. My daughter […]
Hello Dr. Doss, I have a question/problem. I’m not sure anymore what I should be doing or not. I have a 22 year old son that lives at home and the past couple of years he has gotten in trouble and had to be in jail for 1 year, now he has been home for 3 months on […]
For many, this has been a week of transitions. Summer is over(at least according to the calendar), and our children are moving ahead–sometimes it feels like they’re moving away from us. Whether we’re dropping a confused kindergartner off or taking an eighteen year-old freshman to college, we’re watching them move ahead. This is a reality for parents. Children […]