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Teen Dating Violence Facts
A shocking number of teenage girls report that they are or have been controlled by their boyfriend, an epidemic that appears to be occurring to tweens as young as 11 years old. In fact, studies...
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Does Mr. Right Have Abusive Personality Traits? Predicting Future Abuse
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In the past decades reports of dating violence have increased exponentially, suggesting that this is both a social and public...
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10 Early Warning Signs: Identifying the Future Abuser
Teens have increasing reported that they are now or have already been in an abusive relationship. Like their adult counterparts, teen abusers may have certain behavioral traits that serve as warning...
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Education is Key to Preventing Teen Dating Violence: Free Online Resources
While National Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month has ended, the continued prevalence of teens experiencing abuse with their relationships clearly demonstrates that there remains an ongoing...
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Why Does She Stay? Helping the Victim of Domestic Abuse
Domestic abuse victims are often asked, “So if you or your children were being abused, then why did you stay?” Although this may seem like a relevant question, it places unjust blame on the victim.And...
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Sheboygan man charged with stalking: No longer just a crime of the famous
Steven J. David, a 53-year-old Walworth man, was arrested in Sheboygan County today, for allegedy stalking his ex-girlfriend over a period of 2 years. If convicted of felony stalking, David could face...
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International Women's Day: Celebrating Womankind for 100 Years
Press Release: International Women's Day 2011 International Women's Day Theme:Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women The first International...
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2-Year-Old Left at McDonald’s Overnight: Should parents be charged with neglect?
For the past day, amidst news reports and blogs covering Governor Walker’s Budget Bill and the Madison protests, one particular story seems to have captivated its audiences and caused a number of...
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Random Lake Teacher Accused of Unthinkable Acts of Violence
A Frightening trend of teacher-student relationships Parents and Students of the Random Lake School District were shocked this past Friday to learn that teacher, Aaron J. Greisen, 29, had been charged...
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All praise is not created equal: The do's and don'ts of praising your child
In 2003, Dr. Roy Baumeister, contracted by the Association for Psychological Science, review 200 self-esteem research studies concluding that there was no real correlation between having high...
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Tomorrow Marks the 15th Annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Celebrating Absolutely Incredible KidsThis year marks the 15th annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day. Started in 1996 by Camp Fire USA as a way for adults to tell the children in their lives how truly...
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Parenting Successful Children: Is there a correct method?
Being a parent is a difficult job. And while a child’s needs vary by age, few would argue with the thought that the teen years are the most difficult or that raising successful, fully functioning,...
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The 4 Styles of Parenting: Local Mom and experts tell which is the “best"
You can often find the expectant parent scouring over a mountain of how-to parenting books, with the hopes of “getting it right” and raising their future child with perfection. Unfortunately, there is...
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Things To Consider When Negotiating Rules With Your Teen
During a child’s teen years, there will be plenty of opportunities for the family to engage in negotiations. As they experiment with their increasing desire for independence, you will find yourself...
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Benefiting From Parent/Child Negotiations
Ah, the teen years! As your child inevitably struggles to gain more independence, you might find yourself grasping at any opportunity to maintain control. After all, you “know” what kind of things go...
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Resolving the Parent/Child Wars Through Positive Communication
In Part 1, Avoid Conflicts With Your Child By Being Interested, a number of “typical” parent/child battles were mentioned, i.e: keeping the bedroom cleaned, taking a proper shower, not giving...
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Avoid Conflicts With Your Child By Being Interested
The Parent-Child Wars Rage On! Ask any parent about the battles they have endured with their children and chances are they will tell you about their never-ending argument of: keeping their bedroom...
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Your First Priority: Children or Marriage?
As a child, my parents drug my siblings and I everywhere with them. They took great pride in the fact that they had never left their children with a babysitter in order to have “grown-up” fun...
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Children Report Lack of Parental Attachment
In my career as a counselor and as a mother, I have had the pleasure of talking with hundreds of children. Certainly my area of expertise draws a certain “type” of child, i.e. the one who...
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Slutwalk Milwaukee: Unintended Lessons
This past weekend I had the pleasure of marching with several hundred, unique, and passionate individuals in Milwaukee’s first annual Slutwalk. Now, if you are like most people, I would assume that...
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