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Gregory Ramey, Ph.D.

FamilyWise columnist, Dayton Children's

Gregory Ramey, PhD, is the vice president for outpatient services and child psychologist at Dayton Children's. Dr. Ramey writes FamilyWise, a weekly parenting column in the Dayton Daily News that is distributed through the New York Times wire service.

Dr. Ramey received his undergraduate degree from Lake Forest College in 1971, his Master’s degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts.

Since joining Dayton Children's in 1979, Ramey has focused on issues regarding child sexual abuse, parent-child communication, divorce and developmental and behavioral problems of young children. He also has a strong interest in the attributes of "effective parents." He has given numerous interactive workshops on those parenting skills that seem to be related to raising productive and well-adjusted children.

Dr. Ramey has been interviewed extensively about issues relating to child psychology. Additionally, he responds to questions from families through Ask-An-Expert on the Dayton Children's web site.

For more on Dr. Ramey visit http://www.childrensdayton.org/ramey
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Articles by Gregory Ramey, Ph.D.

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Sometimes you should keep your feelings to yourself

11:04 AM Saturday, November 26, 2011

Expressing your feelings is not always psychologically healthy, according to research published in the October 2011 journal Anxiety, Stress & Coping.

Good kids doing bads things a tough question

1:07 PM Saturday, November 12, 2011

While I enjoy responding to questions from readers, there is one type of problem that leaves me perplexed: advising parents on how to manage situations when good kids do bad things.

Parents need to let kids be independent

12:07 PM Sunday, September 18, 2011

Q I recently read that parents should never help their kids with homework. If children are having problems, they should speak with their teachers.

Things kids should never say to parents

5:45 PM Saturday, August 20, 2011

Having just read yet another list of things that parents should never say to kids, don’t you think it’s reasonable that we tell our kids what we never want to hear from them?

Transition to daycare can be toughest on parents

5:49 PM Saturday, August 13, 2011

For the first several weeks of his life, Nathan was cared for almost exclusively by his parents George and Susan.

Don’t tell your son how to parent, Grandma

3:55 PM Saturday, August 6, 2011

Questions from readers:

Q I am the grandmother of two girls who are 7 and 9 years old. However, I can barely tolerate to visit them because of the way they act.

How knowledgeable are you about your kids' technology?

7:56 PM Friday, July 29, 2011

How much do you really know about your teen’s use of technology? Based upon recent research published by Nielsen, take this true-or-false quiz to see how knowledgeable you are about your kids’ technological lives.

Why your kids should know about baseball fan Christian Lopez

5:49 PM Saturday, July 23, 2011

“How was your day at school?” is a well-meaning question asked by many parents that is virtually guaranteed to get an answer of “OK” or some other minimal response.

Seek professional help for father, son bonding

5:30 PM Friday, July 15, 2011

Questions from readers:

Q Since our oldest son went away to college last year, I’ve noticed that my husband spends more time at work or playing golf.

Son needs instruction to solve conflicts

4:14 PM Saturday, June 25, 2011

Readers of this column often ask me good questions. Here is a sampling:

Q When should I step in when my 7-year-old son gets in arguments with other kids? I think it’s important for him to learn to resolve these things on his own, but he and most of his friends seem incapable of dealing with any type of disagreement.