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Parents of teens probably know this all too well. A conflict at home can mean sending your teen out the door in a funk, which can spur negative interactions outside of the home. Conversely, teens can come in the door having had a conflict with a friend and that means anyone in his or her [...]
Continue Reading →We’ve had a lot of research come out on the effects of maternal depression on children. We know that these kids have higher rates of social, emotional, and mental health issues. Well, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology recently published a study that looks at the arrow going the other way. That is, it looks at [...]
Continue Reading →Wow! It’s really that time of year again. While there are a range of thoughts and feelings that students have about heading back to school, it is the students that have a true phobia about attending that I hope to reach in this post. Hopefully, this will find its way to parents that have seen [...]
Continue Reading →We all know how subjective most aspects of life are. One’s perceptions carry an immeasurable amount of weight as we work to understand and interact with this world around us. A recent study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry demonstrated the importance of perceptions in looking at how kids view their parents.
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Continue Reading →The scene: Jamie, a fourth-grader, knows that he is responsible for remembering to put his lunch in his backpack for school. He has forgotten it today for the umpteenth time, which his mom does not notice until the school bus is pulling away. She sighs and puts the lunch in her car, again. On her [...]
Continue Reading →While many of us are fortunate enough to have healthy children, not all families are so lucky. They must confront the chronic illness of a child on a daily basis. What are some key factors that can help them do this successfully? Read on about an article that I came across.
March’s APA Monitor included an [...]
Continue Reading →There has been a lot of research done on maternal depression and we know that it can have a big impact on children. We don’t know as much about paternal depression because, quite frankly, there just hasn’t been the same focus on this issue. I was excited to come across an article by Davis and [...]
Continue Reading →The New York Times recently published an article about Junior Kumon, a Japanese developed tutoring program brought to the U.S. The author sets the scene with a three year-old that is practicing writing double-digit numbers for which she gets a sticker when completed correctly. Most students attend the program a couple of times a week [...]
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