Maybe you aren’t in a great deal of emotional pain, but just want some advice. Check out this list of common problems and see if any apply to your family. If so, read what we have to say about these issues. If you’re interested in a topic that you don’t see listed, e-mail your suggestion for future inclusion! If you need further advice, you can always come in for a free consultation .
Down To Earth Enterprises specializes in family therapy where the main focus is the psychological functioning of the children and teenagers. Below is a list of the topics we frequently encounter . Each listing links to a page of advice.
- Good Parents Read Parenting Articles
- Your Kids Want to Talk to You
- When is it Okay for Kids to Quit Their Activities?
- Lying/Stealing
- They Don’t Have to Like it, They Just Have to Do it
- The Liberating Art of Making Mistakes
- Making Mistakes
- If Momma Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy
- Interfering with Other People’s Kids
- Overprotecting Children Obstructs Learning
- Parenting Energy too Precious to Waste
- Parents – The Most Important Teachers
- Potty Training
- Privacy
- Parenting – A Gradual Transfer of Power
- United We Stand, Divided We Fall
- Parent-Teen Arguments
- Adolescence Mimics AD/HD
- Building Responsibility
- When We Use the Children as Pawns
- Having Fun Doing Chores
- When Your Child Doesn’t Fit In
- Public Restrooms
- Stop Arguing With Your Parents
- Stop Arguing With Your Teens
- It Takes Two – and More to Raise Children
- Teens in Therapy
- The Thankless Job of Parenting
- When Time Out Doesn’t Work
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Positive Reinforcement
- Yes, If and Yes, When
- Shame & Guilt
- Teaching Children To Pay Debts
- Some Good Tips for People’s Anger
- Why is Asking for Help so Hard?!?!?!
- How do I Learn to Ask for Help?!?!?!
- Holiday Stress
- Motivating Others
- Nip it in the Bud
- Nosy Interference May Save Lives
- Never Say Never
- Keeping the Plates Spinning
- Ten Tips for Starting the New Year
- Translating the “Foreign” Languages In Your Household
- Anatomy of an Argument
- Anger Management
- The Annoyance Bank
- You’re Such a Big Boy!
- Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
- Marriage is for Better or for Worse
- Choose to Have Happy Holidays!
- You Might Be Depressed If …
- Embarrassment, a Double-Edged Sword
- Choosing a Therapist Based on Experience
- Resent is in the Eye of the Grudge-Holder
- Road Rage
- Stress Reduction
- Accentuate the Positive
- Use Your Strengths
- If You Hear it Thrice, Give it Heed
- Stereotypes are Not Evil
