De-coding a Defiant Teen’s Message to his Family
I had seen the Franklin family for about three sessions on zoom, and I still didn’t really have a handle
Category: Children
Helping A Child Diagnosed With ADHD: A Powerful Alternative to Medication
It is virtually routine to give kids medications for ADHD. There is an industry organized around ADHD, well orchestrated, with abundant research to create the illusion of scientific certainty. But what happens when you look at the child’s behavior in the context of the family? What happens when parents, rather than being bystanders, are integral to the child’s treatment? What if the family becomes the patient? Check out this feel-good story.
An Unexpected Cure For A Child’s ADHD
All families have Rule Systems, but they may not even know it. In this case story, psychiatrist/family therapist Dave Keith treats a family with a child diagnosed with ADHD. Watch how he disrupts the Family Rule system. Good things happen for the child.
The New Movement in Mom-Shaming
In this Opinion piece from today’s New York Times, Kim Brooks talks about the new movement in Mom-Shaming. She recounts
What is a Child?
Dave: My riddle, “What is a child?” is still in the air. How we think about the questions is influenced