Written by Dr. Sidney Langston Jealousy in children is a fear that the affection of a significant other has been or will be diverted to someone else. The emotional security derived from the unlimited affection of the significant other is shattered or...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston  There are many ways that a child develops his or her self-esteem. The building blocks of self-esteem are laid early in a child’s life, through the warmth, nurture and guidance of parents and other...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston   "Sometimes I feel everybody would be better off if I were dead," sobs twelve year old Jane. "I'm so dumb I might as well not be alive." An eight year old, physically handicapped boy...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston There is no perfect family. We can, however, distinguish two broad categories of families: healthy and unhealthy. As early as the original family of Adam and Eve, Scripture gives us many examples of what an unhealthy...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston Eight-year-old Shelly is afraid to fall asleep at night because she often has nightmares. Scott has always been a happy child but is suddenly terrified of being kidnaped. Such fears are not unusual in children. In a...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston Statistics indicate that one out of two marriages ends in divorce. Divorce touches the life of every family member-especially the children. About one million children each year experience divorce in their...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston Certainly there is nothing wrong with parents having expectations of their children. Yet many times we find parental expectations unhealthy, and in the end they amount to nothing more than pressure to succeed. If this...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston   Many a parent has heard their child complain, "No one wants to play with me." Why do some children have many friends while others have only a few or none at all? Children who are bossy,...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston   Sarah and Suzanne, twin sisters, were five years old when their mother was suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital by ambulance in the middle of the night. When their mother tucked them in bed and...

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston Childhood—here today, gone tomorrow. We can't restore childhood once it is gone, but we can make a commitment to it while it is within our grasp. Childhood is a non-renewable resource, and summer is the...