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Online parenting hub, The Tot, recently spoke to Dr. Dana Dorfman about arguing in front of your kids. Journalist Melanie Dimmitt suggests that, “exposure to healthy debate has been linked [...]

Would you rather eat a jar of hot sauce or drink a bottle of vinegar? Would you rather be too hot or too cold? This is one of my kids’ favorite dinner time “discussions” – a conversational game [...]

Her eyes widen, mouth gapes open and eyebrows rise. With a look of pity and dread my friend utters dramatically, “Brace yourself!” Based on her expression, you’d think I’d told her I was going to [...]

Because the cobbler’s child may not have shoes, it should be of no surprise that my children are not always the beneficiaries of my psychological knowledge and skills. My husband’s recent [...]

In this episode, we chat with published NYC psychotherapist and MyloWrites expert advisor Dr. Dana Dorfman. We talk about a topic that hits right at home for many we’ve worked with: anxiety. Dana [...]

Writer and MyloWrites blogger, Stacy Rosenblum attended a roundtable discussion “facilitated and guided” by Dr. Dana Dorfman, NYC psychotherapist and mother of two. During this [...]

In this highly popular book by Stanford University Dean of Freshman, Julie Lythcott-Haims provides a first hand account of her experiences advising college freshmen. During her tenure, the author [...]

On the MyloWrites blog, Dr. Dana Dorfman helps Virgina Pavlick dive into the topic of students losing steam when summer is looming at the end of the school year. “As summer nears, students [...]

A little bit of stress can be helpful – even healthy. A little adrenaline before a test or performance can give our cognitive brain an extra boost and fine-tune our focus. However, too much [...]

MyloWrites was invited to “present their webinar on Teaching Adolescents How to Write in the 21st Century to the members of the NYC Special Ed Collaborative. This unique organization [...]