The Golden Child and the Problem Child work together in a family system to "correct" dysfunction... at a price price. For the Golden Child, it can mean delayed adolescence as they suppress healthy development in order to preserve the family status quo, only to have changes emerge in strange and even childish ways later on...Continue Reading
Dr. Simcha Samuel invites us to take a thoughtful look at ways our past experience informs our present, and how recognizing and accepting our own parents' fallibility can help us more fully accept ourselves in our own roles as parents.Continue Reading
This is an intimate and beautiful observation from Connecte psychologist Dr. Simcha Samuel which speaks directly to the tender and complicated parental journey of discovery that happens between ourselves and our kids.Continue Reading
