Creative Ways To Keep Your Children Learning This Summer
It’s hard to believe the school year is almost over and summer is approaching so quickly! If you are a parent, and your children attend schools on the traditional schedule, …
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Handling Adolescent Anxiety: Recognize The Symptoms And Learn How To Help
It is not uncommon these days for children, and especially teens, to develop anxiety disorders. Teens face a lot of pressure with school, friends, and family, and sometimes this pressure …
Play Therapy: What Is It And How Does It Work?
If a therapist has recommended Play Therapy for your child, you may be wondering why in the world you would pay for someone to play with your kid when you …
Bullying: What It Is, How To Prevent It, and Why We Are Hopeful For The Future
A recent study found that high school students who’ve been bullied were twice as likely to carry a gun to school than those who weren’t bullied. Regardless of where you …
Teaching Emotional Agility to Teens
For some people, the term “agility,” brings up images of border collies jumping through hoops, but for psychologists, the word conjures up a host of skills and abilities that can …
The Birds, The Bees, and The “Mom Please!”: How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex and Relationships
As adults, we are often told to avoid the topics of religion and politics at dinner parties. But, when it comes to talking to our kids, most of us avoid …
Happiness Is Contagious: The Importance of Parental Modeling
Have you ever looked at your child as she was slamming her bedroom door, and felt a tinge of familiarity? Not familiarity in the sense that you are family, but …
Tips On How To Handle The Loss Of A Loved One
Losing a loved one is unlike any other experience we have as human beings. The acute sense of loss follows us for weeks, months, even years, and can disrupt our …
Automatic Negative Thoughts: What They Are And How To Change Them
According to the Laboratory of Neuro-Imaging at the University of Southern California, the average person has about 70,000 thoughts per day, or about 48.6 thoughts per minute. That’s a lot of …
People Are People: Busting The Top 5 Myths About Transgender Folks
This week, Disney released their first revision of a movie containing an openly gay character. For some, this decision sparked outrage, while for many in the LGBT community, it was …