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Stress Awareness: How Parents Can Help Their Children With Stress
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…physically, behaviorally and spiritually—is an important first step in effectively managing stress. 3. Learn and utilize adaptive strategies to better respond to stressful situations. This involves redirecting thoughts in response…

Dad’s New Shoes
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kids living most of the time with Mom. In that scenario, dads were largely “weekend fathers.” But over the last three decades, there has been a dramatic shift in family…

Rise of The YA (Young Adult) Novel
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…Maze Runner, or the pain of facing death in The Fault in Our Stars, or the futility of war and prejudice in The Knife of Never Letting Go. As has…

The Impact Of Reality TV On Our Teens: What Can Parents Do?
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…the world of reality TV? What could reality TV be teaching adolescent girls, in particular, about what is valued in the real world? And, how does it affect their attitudes,…

8 Tips for Parents on the Modern Tween and Teen’s Culture of Hooking Up and Hanging Out
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a quarter of teens have had sexual intercourse. Our kids are surrounded by sexual innuendos in clothing stores, in the music they listen to, and in the movies and shows…

Parents’ Untreated Mental Illnesses Affect Their Children
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…we are clearly winning the battle against stigma in psychiatry, we suffer mightily from a dearth of qualified practitioners. In other words, folks are sick but they can’t find a…

Sexual Consent: Teaching Our Teens About the Gray Areas
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a huge swatch of teens in our discussion. In general, any all-or-nothing solution is fraught with danger. Abstinence is as problematic as promiscuity with protection—a common theme in many teen…

Would You Allow Your Child To Play Football?
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high school football team taking a knee around their coaches. We start school in September in the Boston suburbs, so the players were still in the midst of dreaded two-a-day…

What is Emotional Eating?
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…not satisfying at all. In the effort to feel better, we feel worse. Tips for Parents Be good role models and watch how you use food in front of your…

Nutrition and Mental Health: It’s More Complicated Than You Think
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own waste, and staring at nothing in particular. The happy rat – the one who lived right next to this sorry creature – would stare at the kids in the…

DMDD Versus Bipolar Disorder
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with adult forms of the illness? After all, bipolar disorder doesn’t require a euphoric state according to the established criteria. In considering this, many started seeing bipolar disorder in kids

Psychosis in Children and Teens
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…in America. In his view, I probably just couldn’t hear my ancestors. The bottom line is that psychotic symptoms in kids usually aren’t subtle. You’ll have an instinct to call…

Are ER Visits the Answer to Mental Health Issues at School?
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health professional can tell you that kids who are in psychologic crises tend to falter in school. Mental health is intimately attached to school performance, and students who are under…

My Son Was Diagnosed With ADHD. How Do I Talk to Him About It?
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…and the ability to move easily from one activity to the other. Medication and learning new organizational and memory strategies can be helpful for most kids. Not all kids need…

Ways to Emotionally Support Your Teen in Responding to Racism and Racialized Violence
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older son: Although he will always be my little guy in my head, he is, in fact, no longer. He has developed his own values and ways in which he…

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