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    Reducing Agressive Behavior in Your Child
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    Reducing Agressive Behavior in Your Child

    Do you see the hitting, kicking, and punching between your children day after day and fear that it won’t ever stop? Are you tired of having to tell one of your children to leave the other alone? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, please read on. Continue reading →

    How to Help Your Teen Get Over a Break-up
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    How to Help Your Teen Get Over a Break-up

    At some time every parent will have the opportunity, and the need, to support their teenager through a relationship break-up. It is one of the great obstacles on the road to adulthood. Show what a great and sympathetic mom or dad you are by following these tips. Continue reading →

    Helping Your Child Make Smooth Transitions
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    Helping Your Child Make Smooth Transitions

    It takes time for a parent to create conditions conducive to producing readiness for a smooth transition. It takes time for a child to get used to and embrace a new situation. It takes time for a parent to tune into and respond effectively to a child’s positive and negative reactions to the change. To smooth the transition time for your child, take the time to read and consider the five steps to effective transitions. Continue reading →

    The Ten Worst Things to Say to Your Child
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    The Ten Worst Things to Say to Your Child

    The style of Parent Talk and the words we use to communicate are critically important to the self-esteem, emotional health, and personal empowerment of our children. There is an undeniable link between the words we use and the attitudes and outcomes those words create in our children’s lives. Words can empower and words can wound. They can nurture or shame, encourage or scold, uplift or bring down. Continue reading →

    Keeping Your Kids Safe From Predators
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    Keeping Your Kids Safe From Predators

    Whether there are actually more predators trying to harm kids, or whether our awareness as a society of these predators has actually increased, more parents are becoming aware of their need to protect their children. Part of the problem with protecting your kids from predators is that, like a lion that sneaks up on its prey in the wilderness, child predators are often good at blending in and not raising people’s suspicions. Continue reading →

    How to Help Your Teen Get Over a Break-up
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    How to Help Your Teen Get Over a Break-up

    At some time every parent will have the opportunity, and the need, to support their teenager through a relationship break-up. It is one of the great obstacles on the road to adulthood. Show what a great and sympathetic mom or dad you are by following these tips. Continue reading →

    Understanding Teen “Cutting”
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    Understanding Teen “Cutting”

    If you or your child know someone who is cutting, make it your top priority to let that person know that you really care. Don't shame or judge the person, don't make fun of the person, and don't treat the person like a freak. Cutters don't cut for attention, but sometimes paying attention can go a long way in helping a cutter grow strong and happy enough to kick the habit. Above all, if you want to help, become the good listener that the cutter can trust. Continue reading →

    Why Teens Contemplate Suicide
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    Why Teens Contemplate Suicide

    Many teens that survive a suicide attempt have said that they were trying to escape a seemingly impossible situation or avoid unrelenting bad feelings. They say that they don’t want to die as much as they are want relief from painful emotions. Some teens may be feeling rejected, worthless, or they may feel like they are a disappointment to family members. Continue reading →

    Should My Teen Be My Facebook Friend?
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    Should My Teen Be My Facebook Friend?

    A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that the parents who friended their children on Facebook were most likely to talk to their teens about online safety. On the other hand, the survey found that these parents were much more likely to experience conflict with their teens about social media. Continue reading →

    Neurofeedback Therapy for Children with ADD and ADHD
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    Neurofeedback Therapy for Children with ADD and ADHD

    An advantage to neurofeedback therapy for ADD and ADHD is the fact that changes appear to be much more permanent. Unlike medication that wears off after a few hours and only masks the problem in the first place, neurofeedback therapy appears to actually have longer- lasting behavioral effects. Continue reading →

    The Narcissistic Parent
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    The Narcissistic Parent

    Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by an extreme sense of superiority and grandiose thinking. When a narcissist becomes a parent, the results can be especially damaging to the child. Coupling the inflated ego of a narcissist with parenthood often has disastrous results. Continue reading →