Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

Tag: parenting

  • Grounding the Helicopter

    Toward a less hovering approach to parenting:   How to Land Your Kid in Therapy (The Atlantic). [A]ll of this worry about creating low self-esteem might actually perpetuate it. No wonder my patient Lizzie told me she felt “less amazing” than her parents had always said she was. Given how “amazing” her parents made her out…

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  • Depression, OCD, Zombie Prevention, and Creativity

    Variety pack from the feed: 10 Things You Should Know About Male Depression (Psych Central) Zombie Prevention: Your Child’s Sleep (NYT) Obsessive Fears Arise in Response to Compulsions in OCD (Psych Central) The Creative Power of Thinking Outside Yourself (PsyBlog) A Psychopath Walks Into A Room. Can You Tell? (NPR)

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  • Beyond Happiness

    A New Gauge to See What’s Beyond Happiness (NYT): In his 2008 book, “Gross National Happiness,” Dr. Brooks argues that what’s crucial to well-being is not how cheerful you feel, not how much money you make, but rather the meaning you find in life and your sense of “earned success” — the belief that you…

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  • Raising Anxiety

    From Slate:  Girls don’t start out more anxious than boys, but they usually end up that way. When it comes to our preconceived notions about women and anxiety, women are unfairly being dragged through the mud. While women are indeed more fretful than men on average right now, this difference is mostly the result of a…

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  • “Serenity Parenting”

    Bryan Caplan looks at twin studies and concludes:  Have More Kids. Pay Less Attention to Them (WSJ): The obvious lesson to draw is that parents should lighten up.  I call it “Serenity Parenting”: Parents need the serenity to accept the things they cannot change, the courage to change the things they can, and (thank you…

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