Happy Families Articles

Playing games, even when we do not feel like it, can build our children’s wellbeing, and make our family feel fun. I had just returned from a long bike ride with my friend, Dave. It was a hot ...

Hi Dr Justin, I am divorced and my 6 year old lives with her dad. He recently got married but my daughter does not know about our divorce. We live in different cities so we told her we have jobs in...

I remember finding out about where babies came from in Grade 3. One of the girls in school brought in a book called “Where Did I Come From?”, and passed it around. By days’ end, we all knew ...

Dear Dr. Coulson. I am in a desperate need of your advice. I have two children; one is 4.5 years old and the other will be 2 in three weeks. The boys are completely different. The older one was and...

Hi Dr Justin, My kids won’t go to sleep or stay asleep and it’s getting to be too much for me. First of all I have my 3 year-old son. When his father lived with us he would insist I do ...

A friend of mine was about 14 when her Uncle touched her inappropriately for the first time. She was frightened. She was confused. After the incident, my friend took some time to gather her thoughts....

Hello Dr Justin, I’m going through a rough time. I have 3 girls ages 11, 5, and 2. I have just had another daughter. She is two weeks old. I was really hoping for a boy but it didn’t happen. ...

No parent wakes up in the morning asking, “What can I do today to make my child’s life hell?” However, some days we do wonder whether our children have woken up asking themselves, “What can I ...

Hi Dr Justin, We are a step family, and I have a 6 year old step son who is with us every second weekend. He has become totally addicted to the iPad after a friend introduced him to YouTube videos ...

On my facebook page I post regular reminders to help parents out. One day I suggested that rather than getting mad at our children for being difficult or inconvenient, we should try to see the world ...