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Tortoise vs Hare Style Parenting

Blog, Child, Growing Up, Mindpsi Newsletter, ParentingBy Dan Florell, Ph.D.May 17, 2014 Leave a comment

The race was a hotly anticipated one of the tortoise versus the hare. The hare looked very good and quite fast. The tortoise looked plain, slow, and generally boring. The hare was the crowd favorite and as soon as the pistol sounded, the hare tore out of the starting gate to develop a large lead…

Back to Basics: Timeout

Aggressive Child, Child, Growing Up, Hyperactive Child, Oppositional Child, ParentingBy Dan Florell, Ph.D.July 19, 2011

“Stop that or you will go to timeout! Do you want to go to timeout?” This phrase is often heard coming out of parents’ mouths at home and almost any other place where children can be found. Timeout has gotten into the national vocabulary of parents. In our jobs as a pediatrician and school psychologist,…