Happy Families Articles

Think of two children you have regular contact with: one who is resilient and happy, and one who is struggling and languishing. Imagine you are interviewing each of them, and you ask them to respond ...

Dear Dr Coulson Over the last 5 month’s my son who is 3 has been spending time with his father and his partner as part of interim court visitation orders. For the last 2 months my son has become ...

We hear a lot about post-natal depression (PND). It is an important conversation, and one that needs to be continually before us so we can be supportive of mums who are struggling. Research shows ...

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. ...