It’s Not The Cell Phone’s Fault (TMB103)
With school back in full swing, so is the parent’s eternal search for the best consequence for managing the problems they are having with their child. Whether it is homework hassles, school behavior reports, or poor grades, parents are constantly looking for the best way to “motivate” their child into compliance.
Unfortunately, this often leads to parents using the easy and somewhat thoughtless punishment of cell phone removal. That is, no matter the infraction, parents take away the one thing that they know will affect their child — their phone. In this podcast, Dr. Berney and Dr. Richard discuss why this is not an effective punishment and the possible unintended consequences.
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Dr. Berney is a Licensed Psychologist with over 10 years of clinical experience and specializes in pediatric psychology, neuropsychology, and forensic psychology. Dr. Berney provides a wide array of mental health services to his clients, including individual therapy, family therapy and parent training, psychological and neuropsychological assessment, forensic evaluations, and group therapy. In addition to his clinical services, Dr. Berney has conducts workshops and seminars to professional and community groups across the nation. He writes a weekly column in The Ledger entitled The Mental Breakdown and is co-author of several works, including the Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child (available on Amazon Kindle), The Elimination Diet Manual (available on Amazon Kindle), and the Pediatric Behavior Rating Scale. Dr. Berney is also the co-host of two weekly podcasts, The Mental Breakdown and The Psychreg Podcast, both of which can be found on iTunes.
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