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I will be speaking with Chrissy Chrzanowski, founder of Parental Alienation Hurts on Thursday, Feb 25 at 6:30PM PST, 9:30 EST. Join us to hear more about the topic of parental estrangement by going to www.talkshoe.com and entering ID# 39517 shortly before the show.
Many parents agonize over their bed-wetting sons or daughters. This is because most parents still believe that bed-wetting is a symptom of anxiety, immaturity, laziness, or outright stubbornness. However, recent research shows that most of the time, bed-wetting is due to factors such as small bladders, hormone deficiencies, or genetics. Boys are three times more likely to wet the bed than girls. At least 15 percent of healthy 5-year-olds are not reliably dry at night and many older children wet the bed. If you’d like more info, read the recent NYT’s article by Perry Klass on this topic or check out this book: The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Potty Training Problems.
On Wednesday, February 10, 10AM PST, join Dr. Coleman here, as Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with Lisa Belkin, New York Times writer and author of the Motherlode blog on nytimes.com
Dr. Coleman,
My question to you is how do I help my husband develop patience with our children? We have three boys: a two and half year old and one-year-old twins. I cut my job down to part-time to take away some of the stress for him. Right now, I try to do all and be all around the house so our children won’t see him lose it. (hard to hide) But, he tells me that he feels like he’s a prisoner in his own home when he comes home from work. I don’t know why.
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Coming into a step family or blended family can be a challenge for every member of the new family. The main thing to remember is that you are not there to replace the old family and its members. You are simply coming together to form a new family that may have separate values or traditions than the previous families.
I’ll be speaking at the Council on Contemporary Families spring conference at Augustana College on Friday and Saturday April 16th, 2010 on the topic : Stay or Go For the Sake of the Kids
Once upon a time we assumed that the weight gain that fathers sometimes added when their wives were pregnant was sympathy weight: mom was eating for 2, why shouldn’t Dad join in on the extra calories? Other theories saw Dad’s changes as somehow neurotic-that Dad envied his wife’s pregnancy and wanted to be a little pregnant too! Read More
To be in a healthy relationship you have to be able to complain and to be able to hear your partner’s complaints. Knowing how to raise a complaint and work it through is a key survival skill. This will be the first in a 2-part series on conflict resolution. Today’s section is on setting the stage for a productive interaction.
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Decide What You Want Before You Talk to Your Partner
Your ability to get what you want from your partner will be directly related to how much clarity you have about what you want him or her to change. Watch out for guilt here because guilt may prevent you from getting clear about what you want.
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NPR Talk of the Nation: How women’s increased economic and educational power are changing marriage.
NPR: Tom Ashbrook interviews Dr Coleman and NYU Sociologist Kathleen Gerson on “Women Bringing Home the Bacon”
PBS Life Part 2: Boomer Grandparenting
NY Times: Working Women Say Their Marriage Is Richer For It 
NPR On Point with Tom Ashbrook
NPR On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Marian Robinson moved to the White House.
Listen to Grandma in the House
Guests Dr. Joshua Coleman and historian Stephanie Coontz author of Marriage: A History and The Way We Never Were.
In more and more American homes, grandparents are helping parents raise kids – often under one roof. This hour, On Point: when the in-laws, the grandparents, move in.
-Tom Ashbrook