Ever wonder how you can raise successful children who become functionally independent? Ever wonder what the secret is to raising, happy, healthy children?
Dr. Tom Explores
Summer Fun with the Boys. It Does Not Need to Break the Bank – Just Show Up
Summer Fun does not need to be expensive. Dr. Tom shows an example of great fun in the backyard that won't break the bank.
Practical Parenting: Childhood Anxiety and What to Do About It!
Do Your Kids Ever Get Anxious? Ever Wonder How to Help Them. Dr. Tom Explores.
Practical Parenting: Its More Than Just a Journey
Practical Parenting: Raising a Child in Today’s Technologically Addicted World
Got Devices? Wow, if we break the word de-vice down to its Latin base “de-vitium,” it literally translates to “concerning vice” (defect, crime, etc.). And we wonder why our children are so glued to their “personal device.” Aren’t we all in some way, shape or form glued to some (de)vice or another? As a psychotherapist,… Continue Reading
Practical Parenting: How Much Screen Time is Enough Anyways?
Dr. Thomas Maples of the Stockton Therapy Network explores how much screen time is enough for your children and ways you can use screen time to pass on family values.
Ah, What Humor There is in Parenting: Putting the Fun back in Dysfunctional
Ah, What Humor There is in Parenting: Putting the Fun back in Dysfunctional. A Little Parenting Humor for Those Who May Need it Today!!!
How to Handle an Oppositional Teenager
4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love… Continue Reading
Practical Parenting: The Art and Importance of Story-Telling for Childhood Development
In this article Dr. Tom explores the art behind and the importance story telling plays on the healthy psychological development of children.
Practical Parenting: Dealing with Childhood Nightmares
Dr. Tom of The Stockton Therapy Network explores how helping your children make sense of their dreams has a positive effect on their psychological development.
Practical Parenting: Children, Animals, & Initial Lessons in Responsibility
Then God said: Let us make[a] human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth. (Genesis 1:26) Our family recently bought a new puppy. My… Continue Reading
Practical Parenting: An Interactive Parenting Forum with Dr. Tom & The Stockton Therapy Network
Practical Parenting: An Interactive Forum with Dr. Tom is an open Youtube Live Forum with Dr. Tom Maples. Points of discussion are: Positive Parenting Procedures to Raise Healthy Children Setting Appropriate Boundaries and Rules to Help Your Child Find Optimal Success Establishing and Maintaining Family Values Positive and Negative Reinforcement Schedules for Household Rules How… Continue Reading
