Mental Health 1. Understanding Challenging Kids As Dr. Stuart Ablon tells us in his explanation of the Collaborative Problems Solving® model, all kids – no matter how difficult – want…
in response to an event, your kids – especially young children – are likely to see this as a norm, take it in, and repeat it in their own way….
she wants, and setting her priorities. It’s very easy for kids to get in over their heads in debt; we know this very well. Let this new beginning be an…
…kids have TVs in their rooms, leading to less sleep (for all the obvious reasons). We set kids up with bad habits from birth, by sleeping with them until they…
notion of REWARDS—not PUNISHMENTS—is key to helping these kids (as we will see in a blog on helping kids with ADHD). Remember: ADHD has nothing to do with intelligence or…
…reading, or watching a good (hopefully funny) TV show. Guide for Helping Children All kids in times of crises have three basic questions: Am I safe? Are you, the…
secure we feel, the better we are able to help our kids. We need, in times like these, to engage with others. Adults as well as kids require a sense…
kids want to sleep in your bed, it’s OK—especially at times of great stress. Limit exposure to news coverage of the attack, at least when your children are in the…
Este artículo está disponible en español. Some kids sleep fine, and some kids don’t. That’s a good place to start when you think about sleep problems and kids. According to…
in our lexicon. Kids come home from school and talk about anti-bullying programs in the classroom. Local and national news routinely talk of ongoing bullying in urban, suburban and rural…
has meaning even if we just don’t get it at first, if they’re just doing it at home and not in restaurants or in supermarkets or in school, or in…
kids exposed to the suspected food and kids who are not. These differences don’t comment on individual effects. In other words, if a study says that there is no statistical…
which kids will become extremely violent—like the offenders listed above—and which will not. In fact, in 2002, the United States Secret Service completed the Safe School Initiative, a study of…
…be hereditary, and kids may respond to the same medications as other close family members. 3. Helping Your Kids Financially (If You Can) Being a parent is not without economic…
…in an inability to stay on task, trouble completing projects, delayed comprehension, and disorganization in time management and setting priorities. If hyperactive, these kids can have problems with fidgetiness, impatience…