Child rearing differs across cultures, but in our society in the United States, the goal of raising children is so that they can grow up to be happy and independent adults. We take on the responsibility of raising a child in order to make sure that they adapt to the challenges and requirements of living […]| Long Island Psychology
Conduct Disorder (CD) is a mental health condition that primarily affects children and adolescents, leading to persistent patterns of aggressive behavior, rule-breaking, and a blatant disregard for social norms. While it’s normal for children to test boundaries as they grow, Conduct Disorder elevates these challenges to a level that can disrupt family life, school performance, […]| Long Island Psychology
As parents, we often think about what our child will feel when they are older and looking back on our youth. We often imagine that they’ll see the love that we have for them, or the way that we kept them on task with our strict rules, or how fun and relaxed we were (depending […]| Long Island Psychology
Parenting is one of the most difficult “jobs” in the world. It comes with many ups and downs, many frustrations, but also many rewards. Everyone has their own theories on the best way to parent. There is some truth to the idea that you should trust your instincts – that all children are different, and […]| Long Island Psychology
One of the jokes about therapy is that the parents are always at fault. In real life, psychotherapy is not just about the parent. It’s about the interactions between people, the coping mechanisms, the life stressors, and so much more. But parents are still our first teachers, and so yes: the role and behaviors of […]| Long Island Psychology
Learn more about how to prepare for your life after college, and about what it means to be an emerging adult in Long Island.| Long Island Psychology
Were you a rebellious teenager? The stereotype of teenagers who don’t listen to their parents and push back against the rules they were raised with is a common one. It also isn’t entirely inaccurate. But the question that many parents need to ask is whether or not that rebellion is really that negative. While that […]| Long Island Psychology
Age, in many ways, is arbitrary. On strictly an anecdotal basis, it’s clear that some people “age” slower or faster than others, in the sense of things like maturity, responsibility, intelligence, and even physically. We know age and experience can affect psychological development in a variety of ways, and yet in many ways psychology has […]| Long Island Psychology