I Watched My 16-Year-Old Collapse. Here's What I Did.
The right school hadn't arrived yet. The 4 LAWS at home weren't fixing him — they were holding him. Here's what that looked like, and why it mattered more than I knew at the time.
The School That Heals Broken Children — A Testimonial From Dr. B That Got a Standing Ovation
He used to say to me — and I wrote this down because it stopped me cold — Forced goodness kills true goodness. He was sixteen years old when he said it. Already ten years ahead of the system that was failing him.
A New Way to Live: An Interview with Dr. B
Some of these titles are alarming. "The Night I Told My Kids to Do Whatever They Want." "Spoil the Tantrum." You're a licensed psychologist — what is going on? Dr. B sits down for a conversation that starts with a challenge and ends with a different way to live.
Spoil the Tantrum
Tradition tells us to break his will. Set limits. Hold firm. I did the opposite — I spoiled him. And the tantrums stopped. This is the story of Jamie, a difficult temperament seven-year-old with raging anger, and what happened when we stopped trying to break him and started finding the need.
She Thought She Was the Problem
My wife had to travel. So I ran an experiment. Remove everything she normally does for them and see what the kids are actually capable of. What happened over the next two years changed how I understood everything — including her.