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Practical and fun ways to upskill while working from home

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / March 25, 2020
If you have children, it is likely you are being pressed into duty like never before and maybe even going...
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Parents juggle their homebound children amid the coronavirus

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / March 25, 2020
“Many parents are not prepared to have their children at home all day,” Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Parenting...
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Living with Children: Mindfulness parenting

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / December 28, 2019
According to HCF and psychologist Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Parenting Center, "while punishment might make a parent feel...
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How to handle common parenting challenges

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / December 13, 2019
The situations are all-too-familiar. The teenager who refuses to get out of bed. The middle-school daughter who rages when it’s...
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A parenting expert shares the common mistake that psychologically damages kids—and what to do instead

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / December 11, 2019
After years of studying the psychology of parenting — and through my own experience of being a mother — I’ve...
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The Secret To Getting Your Kid To Stop Doing Something? Don’t Say Anything

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / November 2, 2019
Kids are kind of a mystery. One day they love something, then the next day they won't so much as look at...
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Do We Really Need Shooter Drills?

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / September 10, 2019
Alan Kazdin, professor of psychology and child psychiatry at Yale University, told NBC News that “the most important part of...
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Well-Intentioned Parental Behaviors Result in Kids Who Are Less Successful

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / May 10, 2019
The relationship between kids and parents is well-studied and researchers are perpetually learning more about what parents can do--or not...
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Westport cops teaching parents to spy on their kids

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / May 9, 2019
“Let’s think of a word stronger than ‘mistrust,’” said Alan Kazdin, research professor and Sterling professor of psychology at Yale...
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How to Raise a Creative Kid (but Not a Daydreaming Weirdo)

By Dr. Alan E. Kazdin / January 13, 2019
Dr. Alan Kazdin, a renowned professor of psychology and child psychiatry and head of the Yale Parenting Center, has spent...
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