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Ask Dr. P: How can I help my daughter with her weight struggles?
Dear Dr. P, I have a 10-year old daughter who is overweight. Her weight has been pretty normal until this year. Throughout this year she has gained 20 pounds and I feel like I have tried everything to help her lose the weight, from positive encouragement, to …
10 Questions: Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
It’s hard not to love a mom whos a successful actor, an advocate for such causes as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the wife of a superstar athlete and a fully involved parent at her two young sons coop. But thats a pretty apt description of Bridgette Wilson, 34. The Oregon …
GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR ONLY CHILDREN: How Pressure to be Perfect Can Backfire
Families are getting smaller, and have been since the early 1960s, giving parents more time to devote to each child. As a result, parents today all seem to be pushing for star progeny. Children would benefit if parents could temper their dreams. With parents of only children, the tendency …