How Today’s US Citizen is Like the Child Caught in Their Parents’ Nasty Divorce

By: Larry F. Waldman, PhD, ABPP Prior to retiring in 2018 I worked in the family law arena for two decades. There I saw too many unfortunate children stuck in their parents’ ugly divorce. It was sad but common for these angry parents to use the child/ren as tools to hurt their ex. At times, a parent would even [...]

2024-08-20T08:35:38-07:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: Adult, Children, Couples, Family, Marriage|Comments Off on How Today’s US Citizen is Like the Child Caught in Their Parents’ Nasty Divorce

Reflections on Today’s Political Climate: Echoes of Family Turmoil

By: Larry F. Waldman, PhD, ABPP During my tenure in family law for over two decades I often encountered the heart-wrenching spectacle of children entangled in their parents' bitter divorce. Parents wielding their offspring as pawns in their battles with their ex was distressing and tragically common. These children suddenly found their world turned upside down. The cherished image [...]

2024-08-20T09:52:39-07:00June 20th, 2024|Categories: Adult, Couples, Family|Comments Off on Reflections on Today’s Political Climate: Echoes of Family Turmoil

Internet Scams: The Perfect Crime

By: Larry F. Waldman, PhD, ABPP Psychologist You’re walking down the street and someone confronts you, demands your wallet or purse or face physical harm—or, as you are about to get into your car, you are carjacked. Both of these experiences are scary, frightening, traumatic and terribly inconvenient. On the other hand, your identity is stolen electronically and your [...]

2024-08-20T10:10:50-07:00April 21st, 2024|Categories: College, Couples, Family, Marriage, Mental Health|Comments Off on Internet Scams: The Perfect Crime

Five Reasons Why Second Marriages Fail at a High Rate

For some time the divorce rate in the USA for first marriages has held at about 50%.  This is a national tragedy.  This statistic also means that many people have subsequent marriages. Common sense suggests that someone who remarries is older, wiser, more mature, has learned from their mistakes, and knows better what they want and need in a [...]

2020-02-18T15:53:15-07:00May 18th, 2018|Categories: Adult, Couples, Family, Marriage|Comments Off on Five Reasons Why Second Marriages Fail at a High Rate

Are We Really More Communicative?

The amount of on-going communication today is staggering. With email, the cell phone, texting, and social networking etc., the number of messages sent each day today is probably more than 100 times the number of messages sent per day compared to 20 years ago.  With all this additional communication, are we as a society any better off? I don’t [...]

2020-02-18T17:25:00-07:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: Children, Couples, Family, Mental Health, Student, Teens|Comments Off on Are We Really More Communicative?

Forming Our Relationships Backwards

The divorce rate in the U.S. continues to hover around 50 percent and the dissolution incidence when one or both of the parties have been previously married is about 65 percent.  This is a national travesty.  The amount of emotional angst and money spent, not to mention the extent of trauma brought to the involved children, is immeasurable. Finding [...]

2020-02-17T17:32:12-07:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Couples|Comments Off on Forming Our Relationships Backwards