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Gayle Peterson, PhD, is a family therapist specializing in prenatal and family development. She is a clinical member of the Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a diplomat with the National Association of Social Work. Dr. Peterson is the author of An Easier Childbirth, Birthing Normally and Making Healthy Families.

Visit Dr. Peterson's Making Healthy Families website for more information about her online seminars, radio appearances, books, adio products and recent articles.



All Articles by Gayle Peterson:

When Your Kid's Clothes Come From Mars [q&a]

My child is 12 years old and is starting to dress in ways that drive me crazy. She got a babysitting job over the...

My partner and I are thinking about trying to conceive. He has said that you are ready for a baby when you can take...

The entire childbearing year -- including pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum -- is a time of tremendous change, psychologically and physically. Women need support to...

My partner and I have been trying to conceive. These very scheduled sexual encounters for the purpose of conceiving, rather than to fulfill any...

Approaching childbirth is akin to stepping toward a mountain range, and what lies ahead is completely new terrain. There is no way around it;...

My wife is pregnant and at the end of her first trimester. We used to have a wonderful sex life. Soon after she became...

My four-year-old son has been touching another boy's privates recently. The other boy is two. He has also touched a two-year-old girl's privates. He...

Recently, our sons, aged 10 and 13, viewed an X-rated video that my wife and I received as a gag gift. My wife and...

I recently found condoms in my 15-year-old son's room! His aunt thinks that I should confront him, tell him that I do not approve...

I am the mother of three children, ages two through nine years. I have great kids, but they often do not listen to what...

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