Khloe: Keep Using Birth Control!

Posted on May 19, 2010 in Celebrities in the News, Children, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships

Kris Jenner is reportedly pressuring daughter Khloe Kardashian to have a baby pronto. OK, I know it’s the new sexy Hollywood thing to be pregnant. It’s like “pregnant and hot” is the new “skinny!” I mean, when you look like Claudia Schiffer, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson, I can understand the urge to bare your belly on the cover of Vogue or Us Weekly. The problem is, ladies, that babies only stay...

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Living after Loss: The Travolta Family

Posted on May 19, 2010 in Children, Death, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Tragedies

It’s hard to move on after losing something so precious. I should know: I lost my son. I was happy for the Travolta family after learning that Kelly Preston is expecting her third child. The death of a child is devastating and unimaginable for most parents. For John, Kelly and Ella, the loss of Jett will not be fully healed by the birth of a new child — and I am sure they aren’t expecting it to do so. Nothing except time makes...

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Dads Suffer from Postpartum Depression, Too

Posted on May 18, 2010 in Children, Family, Parenting

More than one in 10 fathers become depressed after the birth of their child, and their postpartum depression is linked to a greater risk of the mother developing depression in that period as well, according to a study published Tuesday. Dr. Michelle Golland, clinical psychologist and momlogic contributor, says, “Interestingly, men’s hormones change both during and after a pregnancy. Their testosterone levels go down, and...

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Eek! My Son Wanted to Use a Pink Baseball Glove

Posted on May 3, 2010 in Children, Parenting

I recently got a lesson in gender politics from a 9-year-old. Our son, Asher, has recently started to play baseball in a local league. He is 9 years old, and this is a big deal because my son was never interested in sports — to his father’s pain. You see, Michael (my husband) was a big baseball player. He had dreams of going to the major leagues, and probably could have — if his parents had been more directive after high...

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Dads Who Are Disgusted by Childbirth

Posted on Apr 28, 2010 in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Sex

I have often said to the couples in my practice that it may be the most difficult time in history to be a father. I believe this because our generation of men had a lot of expectations thrust upon them, but didn’t really have a “movement” to define the change they have experienced as men, husbands and fathers. It’s not that I don’t think the changes are positive, but let’s face it: It doesn’t make them...

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Cameron Douglas: Is Fame to Blame?

Posted on Apr 22, 2010 in Celebrities in the News, Family, Parenting, Television

In asking the judge for leniency in his son Cameron’s drug-trafficking trial, Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas said that his own fame was to blame. Can living in the shadow of a parent’s spotlight be hazardous to a child’s health? On Tuesday, the younger Douglas was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of heroin possession and conspiring to sell crystal meth. In a letter to the judge,...

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