Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

Friends are desperately important to most children, most of the time. However, what children want, or get, from their friends and how they value these…

Boys need encouragement and praise to develop healthy self esteem, but they can also feel swamped and suffocated by what they see as constant commentary…

They may look sweet and compliant, but these days children aged between 8 and 12 -- "tweens" -- are fast emerging as a force to…

We all dream of having children who can, for lack of a better way to say it, get on with it and do well in…

Parents know that what really matters is that they help their children grow up feeling secure and good about themselves, enabling them to take pride…

Girls need ample, loving demonstrations from adults close to them that they are appreciated and can be trusted to know what they need for themselves.…

Boys need to be noticed, admired, understood, and accepted to feel good about themselves. Boys who lack appropriate emotional support from the adults close to…