

Advice: Daughter's gadget addiction
My 10-year-old daughter seems to be quite addicted to gadgets, whether it’s playing games or browsing on the phone. She spends too much...


Bonding with your child
When I was a psychology student, I always wondered about the weight placed on early childhood experiences. Did they really have the power...


Advice: Introversion in children
I’m mother to a 5-year-old daughter who loves to read, but I feel it’s making her an introvert. Her teachers point out she is generally...


Making marriage work as new parents
One Sunday morning, I get a panicked call from a friend saying she is faced with a huge crisis and can’t make a decision. “My husband and...


Parenting is a team sport
As a marital therapist, I often hear from couples asking for a joint session where they can address their conflicts and communication...


How therapy can help children
At the beginning of my career, during my internship at one of the local hospitals, my youngest client, whose developmental milestones I...


Compassion and kindness in children
When I read the story of the three little pigs to my daughter, who was two years old at the time, I noticed a peculiarly uncomfortable...


Teaching children to fail
When I teach classes on Positive Psychology, I ask postgraduate students to share a life event that was difficult for them—a crisis,...


Is marriage really the "happily ever after"?
I recently was reading some fairy tales to my 5-year-old daughter, and she asked me, “Why do all fairy tales end with a marriage followed...
Fighting depression by finding strength within
As I’m sitting down after listening to Deepika Padukone’s interview on NDTV about her personal experience of depression, I’m moved to the...