Dr Conte: Today was the first day I googled the phrase "anger management." After reading several articles on the topic, I came across your short video on...
Ask Dr. Conte: What Are the Next Steps to Letting Go of My Anger?
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Parenting
Ask Dr. Conte: Can You Recommend Resources for My Angry Son?
Dr. Conte – I enjoyed your talk on KDKA. I have a question. My ex-husband left our family when my children were seven and ten years old. My boys are now 28...
Ask Dr. Conte: How Can I Get My Child to Listen to Me?
Hi, Dr. Conte, I have a three-year-old son (he will be 4 in January) who is very headstrong and very determined, but he's also very very intelligent. My...
Be as Smart as a Pigeon: Knowing When Not to Follow Your Leaders
A recent study demonstrated that flock leaders who attempted to give their fellow pigeons incorrect information about the direction of their travel can be...
The Four C’s of Parenting
Parenting is the most honorable and incredible job in the world; but at times, it can definitely get complicated, scary, and overwhelming. After working with thousands of parents and children throughout my career, I came up with a very simple approach that parents can...
The Contributions of Burrhus, or: The Importance of Consistency in Parenting
The Skinner box was a specifically designed apparatus that involved a rat, a lever, and food pellets. The experiments done in the Skinner box (named after its inventor, Burrhus Frederic Skinner) provided the world with a really important scientific reason for why...
My Bad, Child: Accepting Responsibility for How We Shape Our Children
I once worked with a family who originally brought their 14 year-old daughter in for therapy; we’ll call the girl “Sally.” Her parents reported that Sally was “defiant, moody, and disrespectful,” according to them, she was a “bad child.” In fact, in the initial...
Demanding Respect vs. Commanding Respect
Respect is important to many people. Some people are so fixated on not being “disrespected,” that they will go to great lengths to demand respect from others. The concept of respect then becomes the centerpiece for people’s lives. But why? First, think about to whom...
Ask Dr. Conte: Help! My Daughter Won’t Stop Texting Me During the School Day
I have a 17 year-old daughter who is a senior in high school, and she will text me all day from school saying she hates being there. She says she hates the teachers and she is not really learning. I just don’t know how am I supposed to handle it when she texts me...