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Tweens love to try new things, including dangerous, addictive drugs. Would you be able to tell if your kids were sampling drugs - and how would you respond if they were? I'd like to be able to tell you that teens don't use drugs. Unfortunately, that's not true. I wish I could assure you that tween - kids ages 9 to 12 - wouldn't think of using drugs. But I'd be lying. In my practice, I see tweens every...
April 5, 2013
Which one of your children do you love the most? I know what you're thinking. You don't ASK parents that! We're not supposed to have favorites. That's hurtful. We should love all our children equally right? You're correct, congratulations, you passed the pen and paper test. But do you really walk the talk? Children are keenly sensitive to their parent's actions and attitudes in developing their own...
October 26, 2012
Fall is when many moms are busy making a list of all the things every teacher should know about their child. And not only do moms spend days on this list, they honestly believe that a teacher who averages six classes a day with sometimes 30 kids each actually remembers every child's name, quirk, allergies, sleeping schedule, or has time to remember Heather's dad was a math genius so she only may appear...
October 15, 2012
No matter what stage of motherhood you are in, you have probably wished at some point that someone had been around to tell you all the things you had to learn the hard way. You've probably read quite a few parenting books, which can be helpful, but no book covers all the bases. What advice do you wish someone had shared with you once you became a mother? - Most of the lessons I have learned have been...
August 14, 2012
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the leading cause of death in infants under 12 months. While the exact cause has yet to be identified, sufficient evidence indicates that SIDS is primarily a physiological problem. A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) further supports this theory. The study found that babies who died from SIDS have lower amounts of...
April 16, 2010
Adult anxiety has many faces, manifestations and levels. The anxiety disorder I've had the most contact with in my experience as a therapist is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and from here on when I speak of "anxiety" I will be referring to this. I work from a family of origin perspective, in that, I believe that people's emotional and/or psychological distress as adults can partially be the result...
March 10, 2008
I've always taken decent care of myself but it wasn't until I became pregnant that I learned what it truly was to be healthy. All of my behaviors revolved around what was best to grow my baby. I chose foods that would fuel me, I drank more water and I stopped drinking caffeine and alcohol. I exercised but in moderation every day. Not too much, not too little. I meditated more and took time to breathe....
November 8, 2007
A report analyzing 35 different scientific studies of the effect of television on the viewer has identified 15 negative physical and psychological effects associated with watching television. While television has long been blamed for the rise in childhood obesity and diminished reading among children, this study, authored by Dr. Aric Sigman, suggests even more serious consequences for children who...
November 5, 2007
The blogosphere has buzzed lately with the voices of parents who are appalled and sometimes outraged at the idea of the schools sending home notices regarding their children's weight. Here's part of a recent posting from MotherTalkers: "At least a dozen states have passed legislation requiring schools to start sending reports home if a child's Body Mass Index (itself a controversial health-o-meter)...
November 2, 2007
Why are some women better mothers than others? Studies with animals implicate oxytocin in the bonding process - those with low oxytocin exhibit slower pup retrieval and less licking and grooming - but little research has been done with humans. Now a new study in the November issue of Psychological Science suggests that women with higher levels of oxytocin during their first trimester are primed to...
November 1, 2007
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