parenting Archives - Catherine Tucker, PhD, LCMHC-S

sleep problems kids

Catherine | June 16

Screens, sleep problems, and summer rot: PDA parenting perfect storm. Part 1: SCIENCE

On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being the sweet snuffling[…]

Catherine | October 8

Navigating Parenting in a Disaster Area

While most of the western chunk of NC (and several other[…]

parenting stress

Catherine | September 24

Parenting stress is a health problem. Here’s some help.

Surgeon General’s Warning: Last month, the U.S. Surgeon General released an[…]

Catherine | May 15

What is PDA? And does my kid have it?

No kid in the history of kids has ever been 100%[…]

Catherine | March 13

After the tantrum

After the storm has passed… And your child has returned[…]

Catherine | February 6

3 Tips for handling a tantrum

Handling a tantrum is hard work! These tips might make it[…]

Catherine | August 9

The Avoidant (dismissive) attachment style: Always searching for Perfection.

What’s Avoidant Attachment? The second of the insecure styles of[…]

Catherine | July 16

The Anxious attachment style: Should I stay or should I go now?

What is Anxious Attachment? Anxious, also sometimes called ambivalent, attachment[…]

Catherine | July 6

Secure attachment: The world is safe and I’m ok.

What’s secure attachment? First off, this post is NOT about mom-bashing.[…]