by Todd Sarner, MA MFT Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Director of Transformative Parenting When Michael and Sara came to my office the first time things weren’t looking good. They had been married for just over eight years and had three children whom they loved, but they were both very unhappy. Both agreed that [...]
by Todd Sarner, MA MFT. Director of Transformative Parenting One of the most troubling things I hear when I am out and about these days is how many parents are forcing their children to say they are sorry for their behavior. Sometimes it’s because the child bumped into someone accidentally at the store. Other times [...]
by Todd Sarner, MA MFT. Director of Transformative Parenting Aggression was showing up in many different ways in the Perry household. Ron and Sheila’s 3-year-old daughter Mya was not usually a source of worry, but some days when she felt really frustrated she would take things out on her mother. Sometimes she would hit her [...]
By Todd Sarner, MA, MFT, Director of Transformative Parenting Carl and Mary are the loving parents of a seven-year-old boy named Billy and a four-year-old girl named Lila. They came to see me for parent consulting because they were increasingly having a hard time with resistance behavior from both of their children. They explained that [...]
By Todd Sarner, MA, MFT, Director of Transformative Parenting Josh and Sandy have two children: Jake, seven, and Tabitha, who turned four about a month ago. They love their kids and do everything they can to be great parents. When Jake was five, they started having problems with some of his behaviors. Sometimes Jake seemed [...]
By Todd Sarner, MA, MFT, Director of Transformative Parenting When Rebecca came to see me she was at her wit’s end and didn’t know what to do. The scenario she described was all too familiar. She is a dedicated and loving mom and tries very hard to give her 5-year-old child all the love and [...]
By Todd Sarner, MA, Parent Consultant and Course Facilitator Being a parent today can be pretty overwhelming. There is a whole multi-billion dollar industry out there telling us the latest tricks and techniques of how to parent. Books, videos, and TV “experts” show us how to deal with problematic behavior so that we can have [...]