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Asperger’s and Hygiene: Solutions for an Overlooked Issue
July 29, 2014 .
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Children and teens with Asperger’s syndrome (AS) often miss basic social cues, impeding their ability to interact successfully with others. Included in the missed social cues are personal ... Read More
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5 Steps to Fostering Resilience in Your Child
July 22, 2014 .
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As parents, we hear the word “resilience” all the time these days: “Children are resilient.” “We must help our children be resilient.” Most of us have ... Read More
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7 Principles for Responsive Parenting
July 15, 2014 .
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I have 5-year-old twin daughters. For the sake of privacy, I’ll call them Mary and Martha. Mary is sensitive, nurturing, deeply compassionate, and easily distracted. Martha is industrious ... Read More
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5 Things That Help a Child with High Sensitivity and Anxiety
July 9, 2014 .
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Anxiety is a surprisingly common problem in children. If your child has sensory processing issues or sensory hypersensitivity, you may have already witnessed how these can bring about or ... Read More
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High School Sports Participation May Improve Mental Health
July 8, 2014 .
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We’ve all heard the stereotype of the dumb jock, but a new study suggests that high school sports may actually be good for students’ brains. About 55% of high school students are ... Read More
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Brain Differences in Adults Who Recover from ADHD
June 16, 2014 .
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About 11% of all children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) at some point, but some of these children grow into adults without ADHD. A new study suggests that these ... Read More
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‘Sorry, Son, You Have ADHD’: Ending the Excuses
June 10, 2014 .
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Parents often focus so much on their children and teens having attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) that they lose sight of the specific symptoms. As a result, many parents tell their ... Read More
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Parenting: Understanding Your Child’s Nature
May 28, 2014 .
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Children have a core nature—a set of automatically triggered perceptions, priorities, values, and meanings that are present at birth, identifiable at an early age, and largely unchanging ... Read More
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‘Why Me’: A Story of Physical and Mental Abuse in Childhood
May 10, 2014 .
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Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from Sarah Burleton’s New York Times bestselling child abuse memoir Why Me. The article contains sensitive detail about physical violence and ... Read More
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Childhood Shyness Predicts Adult Anxiety
May 8, 2014 .
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It’s fairly common to see a child sheepishly hide behind a parent when greeting a new person, and some adults vividly remember the anxiety they experienced in childhood upon entering ... Read More
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Authoritarian and Authoritative Parenting Styles: Which Is Best?
May 2, 2014 .
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People have their own unique style when it comes to parenting. It is not just about a set of rules; the style of parenting caregivers take on is a reflection of who they are, their culture, ... Read More
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How Can Parents Lessen Traumatic Effects of Divorce on Children?
March 28, 2014 .
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Is the trauma children typically experience when divorce occurs in the family due to the divorce itself or other factors that surface around the divorce between the parents? To a marriage ... Read More
