Month: October 2010

Advice for surviving your teen’s transition from High School to College

Advice for surviving your teen’s transition from High School to College

For many teens ending a four-year high school career and entering college is an exciting time. They tend to view this as an ending of their youth and the beginning of their adult lives. It is a long awaited freedom from the rules and restrictions 

Postpartum depression and the couple

Postpartum depression and the couple

[Here is a sample article that was written by Ilyene Barsky]

The arrival of a baby is a powerful event that brings permanent changes to the life of the couple. Parenthood can affect the perception of one’s self, one’s partner, other relationships, and the world in general. The awareness of being totally responsible for the life of a helpless infant is an awesome, and often frightening, realization. Whether or not this is the couple’s first baby, planned or unplanned, its arrival is always a time of transition and possible crisis.