Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D.
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Please Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid

Please Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid

by janetedgette | May 24, 2020 | Parenting teens, Teenagers, Uncategorized

With a wink of the eye and a shared smirk, parents across the United States trade in their collective anxiety about raising teenagers for the comfort of believing that they are not alone, that it could not be anything butexasperating. Kids are hard-wired to be...
Focus on Achievement Can Cause Parents to Disregard Character Flaws

Focus on Achievement Can Cause Parents to Disregard Character Flaws

by janetedgette | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

When parents are too focused on achievement, they can overlook character problems that, in the long run, will do more to compromise success than a poor grade. Let’s take for instance a precocious seventeen year old who is always being told how smart he is. He gets it...
BOYS WHO DON’T LIKE SPORTS:         BE SMART OR BE COOL?

BOYS WHO DON’T LIKE SPORTS: BE SMART OR BE COOL?

by janetedgette | Jan 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

Some boys who don’t play sports feel they can’t afford to show up as smart — being un-athletic AND smart earns twice the derision from those who aggrandize jock culture. What can you do when you see your own son renouncing his intelligence? Conversation Starter for...

For Many Kids, It’s Just Easier To Be Mad Than To Be Sad

by janetedgette | Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

  Just the other day I saw a little boy, maybe five years old, standing next to his grandmother while she chatted with a neighbor. And he was screaming “Arrrgghhh!” over and over at the top of his lungs to everyone, anyone—the kids playing in the parking lot,...

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The practice remains open during the Covid-19 crisis and welcomes new clients and families.

 

Clients are offered the choice of coming to the office for in-person sessions or video conferencing using the following platforms: Zoom, Doxy.me, Skype and FaceTime.

 

If you are interested in finding out about how to get started under these unusual circumstances, please email me at janet@janetedgette.com or call the practice at 610 – 363 1144.