Concerned Others: Living with Problem Users in Lockdown
Concerned Others, the parents, partners and close friends of those with substance misuse problems, are a neglected group at the best of...
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Phil Harris
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Perfect Parents & Burnout
It's a first: approximately 100 scientists in 42 countries joined forces to learn about the incidence of parental burnout. They found...
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Phil Harris
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Will COVID Cast a Long Shadow?
Exposure to COVID-19 could pose a risk to the health and aging of individuals who aren't even born yet, according to a newly published...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20204 min read
Roughhouse Play: The Stuff of Emotional Control
The golden rule of parenting is that roughhouse play always ends in tears. The rough and tumble of play fighting with dad however is...
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Phil Harris
Jun 16, 20203 min read
Screen time: Parent-Child Interaction Effect
A first of its kind in Canada, the study found parents of young children reporting high levels of life or parenting stress were less...
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Phil Harris
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Reach Out 2020 Online Conference for Concerned Others Available on Facebook
I was delighted to be invited to speak at DHI's Concerned Other Conference Reach Out 2020. Despite the challenges of lock down, DHI...
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Phil Harris
Apr 27, 202017 min read
Personality Part I: The Research Base
I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...
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Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
The End of Family?
Outside of work, I am a very keen family historian. It fascinates me how people lived everyday lives in past millennia and how their...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Parenting: High Demand Children with Low Resourced Parents in Hospital
I have long suggested that parenting does not belong solely to a parent. Parenting style is determined where the resources of a parent...
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Phil Harris
Dec 12, 201914 min read
Attachment Special: Where is the Internal Working Model?
I have recently had a series of debates with psychologists, social workers and family workers around the country regarding Attachment...
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Phil Harris
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Happy Couples in Conflict: Focus on the Solvable
In marriage, conflict is inevitable. Even the happiest couples argue. And research shows they tend to argue about the same topics as...
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20193 min read
Parental Burnout
This is a timely study after the end of the long summer holiday. In lectures I often discuss how parenting is bi-directional. Parenting...
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Phil Harris
Jun 13, 20191 min read
You Have a "Type"-And It's You
In training and lectures I discuss the idea of homophily. This describes the how we tend to be drawn to others who are similar to us in...
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Phil Harris
May 13, 20199 min read
Attachment: When is Good Enough Good Enough?
What really matters in caring for babies may be different than commonly thought, says Lehigh University researcher Susan S. Woodhouse, an...
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Phil Harris
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Babies Recognize Friendly Verses Strangers Laughter
Ever intrigued by the concept of laughter as alliance and power, I was interested to read this recent study that showed babies can detect...
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Phil Harris
Feb 11, 20193 min read
Grandma Theory Works-With Limits
Humans are unusual in that women go through menopause and stop reproducing long before reaching the end of their life expectancy. This is...
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Phil Harris
Jan 30, 20192 min read
Babies Detect Individual Words at 3 Days Old
Babies are not blank slates. They come with a lot of pre-programming that is awaiting activation. A great example of this is language. ...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Young People In Trouble: Cannabis or Character?
More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as...
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Phil Harris
Oct 21, 20183 min read
Give Thanks to... Gratitude
The professional youth field is very focused on the idea of low self-esteem being a driver of so many of young people's problems. Young...
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Phil Harris
Oct 19, 20182 min read
Education Not Income Predicts Child Health
Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite...
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