Tiffany Tehan — the married mother of a 1-year-old who was reported missing on Saturday — was found safe last night in Miami Beach,Florida. She shockingly told police that she left with Tre B. Hutcherson to “start a new life.” After police officers requested she do so, Tehan called her parents and husband to assure them of her safety. “Just to know my little girl is safe is all I needed,” Tehan’s...

I hate this tasteless viral video of kids re-enacting “Scarface,” because to me, it epitomizes our culture’s need “to be seen at all costs” and it promotes the use of children for adult humor, entertainment and exploitation in a gut-level offensive manner. I have no problem with vulgar humor for adults, but when we are teaching young children (7- to 10-year-olds) to say things like “motherfudger” and...

Even we therapist moms can lose it sometimes — and this incident definitely made my temper spike! Dr. Michelle Golland: OK, I have a confession to make to all of you moms. I hate to say this, but I am the mom who is defending her 9-year-old son after he punched another kid and wound up in the principal’s office last week. I’m a psychologist, I help heal relationships and I don’t believe in violence, but (oh my god,...

I am outraged that a school in Jackson, Miss., has canceled its senior prom because one of its students, Constance McMillen, 18 — an openly gay senior — wants to take her girlfriend as her date. Oh, and she can’t wear a tux either! We live in a free country where people should not be discriminated against based on their race, creed or sexual orientation. As a psychologist, when I hear about these stories of such blatant...

I could feel Maria’s pain and frustration when she shared the story of her recent blowout with a friend who happens to also be her daughter’s BFF’s mom. I have two thoughts about this issue and have personally experienced both. 1) The friendship will heal because you both are actually friends and want it to heal. 2) The friendship will never recover (even with your best efforts) because it never actually meant that much to...