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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

Compassion Focused Counseling and Consultation in Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

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Take a look at some posts I have written about parents.

Time for a ‘Time in’

March 1, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Time. It’s what many of us parents need more of these days.  The hours in a day compress into a persistent ticking on an internal timepiece as we try to pack it all in.  Like you, I treasure time with my family but this doesn’t stop me from measuring that time. When things start to […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: family, life balance, midnight moms, parents, self care, stress, time

How to Talk to Kids About the Death of a Terrorist

May 2, 2011 by Jennifer Kogan

Read more of an interview I did with Janice D’Arcy of the Washington Post blog, On Parenting about how to talk with your kids about violence, terrorism and the death of a terrorist.

Filed Under: Articles, Parents Tagged With: children, death, fear​, news, parenting, terrorism​, terrorist, ​violence

What’s wrong with a little praise?

April 27, 2010 by Jennifer Kogan

While it may seem counterintuitive, it is actually not always helpful to say “Good job!” to your toddler or child. Here’s why.

Filed Under: Articles, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: alfie kohn, empathy, parenting, praise, rewards, unconditional parenting, well-being

Unconditional Parenting

September 15, 2009 by Jennifer Kogan

This is an older article written by Alfie Kohn that is highly recommended because it explains why rewards and punishments are not useful techniques to use in parenting.

Filed Under: Articles, Parents Tagged With: punishments, rewards, unconditional acceptance, unconditional parenting

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