Fatherhood. What does it mean to you? Inter-generationally and culturally, we’ve passed down gender roles but things are changing and we find ourselves on a massive turning point. As a society, we’re redefining what it means to be a man, a father. Today, we’re...
You all know I’ve devoted my life to understanding how teenage girls develop. Today though, I’m shifting my focus to the topic of raising boys. Men are put in a very difficult place in our society these days. We want them to be vulnerable, yet tell them to man up...
Boys are 2-3 times more likely to get diagnosed with ADHD in childhood than girls and that has everything to do with the fact that ADHD presents differently in boys and girls, men and women. Today’s episode is a mix of what we see in therapy, scientific findings, and...
You all– We are parenting a generation of stressed out teens. Here is some hard data from American Psychological Association : 59% of teenagers say that balancing all of their activities causes stress. 40% say they neglect home responsibilities due to stress. 40%...
Parents of teens— if your kids are having an even harder time than you expected, you are not alone. The trends we are seeing at Virginia Family Therapy highlight that this time is particularly rough on the middle and high schoolers, so we want to give you a few tools...
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