She Thinks She’s Hot: Sexual Awareness or Something Else?
It’s not just her clothes you notice. The way she carries herself has also changed. Her walk is now more of a saunter similar to your cat. The way she tosses back her head and laughs, you could swear she seems more like thirty than twelve. Just the other day she seemed to be batting her eyelashes at the college kid across the street when he dropped off a package. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Powell-Lunder, Psy.D. Tags: Child Development Media Parenting Personality Media Influence on Tweens tween behavior & Sexual Awareness Source Type: news
Simple Solutions Won't Solve Children's Complex Problems
When children have complex needs that require help from both parents and many different service providers (e.g., special education, mental health, child welfare or corrections), no simple solution like a short course on mindfulness or a parenting course is going to be enough to make the child more resilient. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Resilience Therapy anxiety disorder at-risk youth children with complex needs complexity interventions multisystemic therapy service silos systemic thinking treatment for kids Source Type: news
Mentoring Children: How Highly Sensitive Children Can Thrive
Do you have a mentor for your children?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maureen D. Healy Tags: Child Development Parenting happiness highly sensitive children intuitive children parneting psychic kids Source Type: news
9 Ways Your Old Programming May Be Holding You Hostage
When I speak of “old programs,” I’m referring to childhood decisions you made to better adapt to a conditionally accepting family. After all, when you’re highly dependent on your caretakers for comfort, guidance, and support, what could be more essential than feeling securely bonded to them? For you certainly can't function autonomously. . . .read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Personality childhood beliefs childhood dependency childhood programming codependence defenseless feeling underserving feeling vulnerable feeling worthless negative programming parental approval parent Source Type: news
Childless by Circumstances
Women without children are marginalized and stigmatized by western society. The irony is that they are often the pillars of our community, mothering in so many ways. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sharon I. Praissman and Emma Williams Tags: Gender Happiness Parenting Source Type: news
What Should We Be Teaching Students?
Imagine a student learning to solve mathematical problems or learning to write an essay in a history class. With time and practice, they are likely to improve—but what are they actually learning? What should we be teaching them? These questions are fundamental to those areas of educational psychology concerned with cognitive processes and instructional design.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: APA Division 15 Tags: Child Development Education Intelligence Parenting cognitive load theory educator instruction learning students teaching Source Type: news
Feeling Stressed? Here's How to "Tweak Your Freak"
Feel better fast with these 5 stepsread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erica Reischer, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Health Parenting Stress CBT cognitive behavioral therapy feelings stress reduction Source Type: news
Teaching Our Sons Not to Rape
The class witnessed a clean-cut, handsome boy laughing and bragging about raping a 16 year-old girl. Outraged, a student asked, "What is wrong with this boy's parents?! They must take some of the responsibility" read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kathryn Stamoulis, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Sex rape sexual assault sexual assault victims Source Type: news
Top Ten Favorite Tips to Improve Children’s Memory
This article brings together the strategies I’ve suggested, based on that research, reported by parents and educators to be most helpful. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. Tags: Child Development Education Memory Parenting Source Type: news
The World's Worst Mom
Parents really don't have to hover as much as they think. A Q&A with the World's Worst Mom, Lenore Skenazy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lybi Ma Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Self-Help Source Type: news
Has College Become Dangerous for Students?
A great deal of press attention has focused on the problematic and often unethical behavior of college students in recent years. Campus sexual assaults, excessive drinking, and academic cheating scandals have been headline news impacting even our nation’s most elite universities. What can we do to improve college student behavior and maximize good ethical decision making? read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., ABPP Tags: Education Ethics and Morality Health Parenting Stress alcohol abuse college students sexual assaults Source Type: news
The Backlash Against Bullying Prevention
It is important to distinguish between rude, mean, and bullying so that teachers, school administrators, police, youth workers, parents, and kids all know what to pay attention to and when to intervene. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Signe Whitson, L.S.W. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting bully bullying bullying in school bullying prevention bullying prevention in schools stop bullying Source Type: news
Spread the Word: Feb 4 is Global School Play Day
The Bedley brothers (Tim and Scott), who are both teachers in California, have started a movement, and it seems to be taking off. They have declared Feb. 4, 2015, to be the first annual Global School Play Day. Let's do everything we can to support it!read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Gray Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Happiness Parenting Global School Play Day Source Type: news
After The Affair...What?
Before attempting reconciliation after an affair is revealed, each partner should describe the relationship they'd like to have. If they can't agree on what they would like, there's little to reconcile.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Klein, PhD Tags: Parenting Relationships Self-Help Sex affairs betrayal cyber infidelity monogamy reconciliation trust Source Type: news
7 Things to Stop Saying to Your Teen Immediately
If you are frustrated by your teenagers, then it might be because you’re saying the wrong things to them. Phrases that may have worked when they were children aren’t working now. Here’s a list of seven things you should stop saying to your teen immediately.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tim David Tags: Parenting Source Type: news
