“I believe that the best prospect for a child’s happiness is a parent content and confident with the parenting job.” – Dr. Roger McIntire
Dr. Roger McIntire, father of three, taught child and adolescent psychology, behavior analysis and family counseling at the University of Maryland for 32 years. He has authored ten books including Enjoy Successful Parenting, For Love of Children and Child Psychology (a college text), and his books have also been published in eight other countries.
In addition to his work with families, he was a consultant to teachers in preschools, grade schools, high schools and colleges. Dr. McIntire’s research publications (over 100) dealt with infant vocalizations, eating problems, strategies in elementary school teaching, high school motivation and college drop-outs.
Question 1: How can I learn about what’s going on? I suppose the “teenager stage” begins at about ten in the U.S. It blossoms early and develops rapidly probably because of so much adult experience—mostly secondhand— from TV, CD’s, mobile devices, social media, Facebook, talk shows and movies. The average teenager in the U.S. spends over eight hours each day with computer companions, human or not, who pass along information, or misinformation, about life, sex, social …Read more…
High school students looking forward to their senior year cannot easily get excited about more school work after that. Yet for those considering college, the choices after high school require attention now. As associate dean for undergraduates at the University of Maryland, I met many students who at first resisted this idea of visiting colleges saying, “I don’t even know what I want to do.” But your student shouldn’t put off college visits because no …Read more…
Excerpt from: Raising Good Kids in Tough Times Kids starting middle school next month take a big lonely step out on their own. With the challenge of new friends, values, and temptations, it may be the biggest culture shock of their lives. Yet parent involvement both at school and at home seems to taper off in middle school – just when it’s needed most. Most of the tragic stories of kids gone wrong at this …Read more…
Amy used her new cell phone to call home every week when she started college. Her Mom would respond, “Oh, Amy, I hope you are well. We miss you so much. Little Pam keeps saying, ‘When is Amy coming home?’” Amy endured the weekly tugs on the guilt strings for six weeks, then she came to my office to do the paper work to drop out. Her short college career was partly due to Mom’s …Read more…
Raising Good Kids in Tough Times By Dr. Roger McIntire We parents know sex is a big problem among our teenagers but too many of us hesitate to provide much information. We are afraid of what the kids will do if we tell them too much, but we all suffer the consequences of their ignorance. The percentage of women 15 to 20 who are sexually active is about the same across our country and in …Read more…
