Ask Dr. Susan Bartell: My Child’s Acting Out!

 Question: My second child is nearly 4 years old and has been acting out in an aggressive manner for the past several months. My husband and I recently separated and when we are together, it is often times explosive. While we try to keep our tempers in check around the kids (older son 10), there [...]

What Does It Mean to be a Good “Aunt”?

ou don’t have kids of your own. You don’t even have a cat. Whether this was fate, the luck of the draw, or a conscious decision, it really doesn’t matter:
It’s the way you live now.
That said, there are still ways in which you can commune with the younger humans in your life. Whether they are [...]

“Disciplining” Your Ex

span style=”COLOR: #800000; FONT-STYLE: italic”>Q:When it comes to our kids, my ex always wants to be “the good guy”, indulging them, no limits, never wanting to say ‘NO’ to anything. This leaves me in the role of Mommy Dearest in their eyes. I’m the one who tells them to do their homework, eat their vegetables, [...]