Letting Our Children Take Flight Graduation can be a very exciting time for a family, but it can also be a time that is filled with both fear and anxiety for not only the graduate but also the parents. Whether it’s a high school graduation or a college education, both milestones bring about change. It’s […]
Can a Marriage Survive While Raising a Special Needs Child?
They say the divorce rate for couples raising a special needs child is between 70-80{937ab446d7cd42ea880130e56a9bd5262764f04c0f8d39a20481bf474016ba1c}. Raising a special needs child is hard and will definitely place tremendous strain on a marriage. FamilyAffaires.com Contributor & Psychologist, Dr. Dan Gottlieb doesn’t believe the above statistics are correct. While the number of divorces among special needs parents is […]
Dan’s FamilyAffaires.com commentary focuses on being a father
This week on FamilyAffaires.com, in honor of Father’s Day, Dan discusses what it really means to be a father, with FamilyAffaires publisher Roseann Vanella.
Dan’s Blog: Honest Sharing is A Whole Different Ball Game
I went to the baseball game last night with my 5-year-old buddy Jacob. He is essentially a grandson to me as he and his mother lived in my house for the first 4 years of his life. Anyway, there we were with his mom and dad, my nurse and myself and little Jacob who was […]
Dan’s latest contribution to FamilyAffaires.com – a video conversation about parenting gay children
In his latest video chat with FamilyAffaires.com publisher Roseann Vanella, Dan discusses the nuances of parenting gay children. As Dr. Gottlieb shares, humans usually react to news with a “me first” attitude, what did “I” do. This is extremely prevalent when it comes to parents of gay children. Listen and watch as Dr.Gottlieb explains how […]
Parenting as an act of faith
Psychiatrist and Buddhist teacher Rachel Naomi Remen tells the story of when she was a little girl her grandfather gave her a clear glass filled with soil. He told her there was a seed inside and that if she kept the soil moist and exposed to sunshine, she would find out what kind of seed […]
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