Children
YouTube for Children: How to Make It Safe
To ensure a safe online experience, it’s important to actively monitor YouTube for children. “Isn’t that your daughter?” You stare at your friend’s text message with the accompanying YouTube link a little shellshocked. Wait… what? That uncomfortable feeling of impending dread is washing over you as you click on the link. You almost forget to…
Read MoreTeaching Mindfulness: 5 Ways to Reduce Childhood Anxiety
5 Ways to Reduce Childhood Anxiety Mindfulness is often seen as something spiritual or mystical, but when used to address Childhood Anxiety, it becomes a practical tool for helping kids manage stress and emotions. But mindfulness is none of that. Simply put, mindfulness is being fully conscious and aware of the present moment. That awareness…
Read MoreParents: How to Get Your Kids to Cooperate Without Child Shaming
If you make a child feel loved, you’ll foster cooperation and reduce the negative effects often associated with child shaming Sounds simple enough, right? But is it really that simple? Is just giving love enough? What happens when, despite you showering your child with love, they still don’t want to cooperate? Do you get annoyed?…
Read MoreGet Smart About Nutrition: How The Right Diet Can Reduce ADHD Symptoms
How The Right Diet Can Reduce ADHD Symptoms Sweets. It’s probably fair to say that you’re familiar with the obvious—and sometimes scary!—effects sugar can have on your child. And it’s probably also no overstatement that, as a concerned parent, you would rather handle your child’s ADHD naturally than resort to medication. Did you know that…
Read MoreSymptoms of Child Depression: How To Know If It’s More Than the Blues
Symptoms of Child Depression You’ve been watching your daughter listlessly poking around in her food. Spaghetti and meatballs are usually her favorite. The matter only serves to highlight the overall somberness you’ve observed in her lately. Especially, after that last report card hadn’t been as shiny as it used to be. That’s why you decided…
Read MoreMindfulness for Children: 5 Easy Ways to Make It Fun
Mindfulness for Children. These days, when you google the word you will find its lofty concept inherently connected to mental health and psychological therapy. That alone can make the idea a little intimidating to implement for adults. How could you ever explain or teach it to your children? It’s actually not quite as complicated as…
Read MoreParents: Help Your Child and Yourselves by Breaking the Co-Sleeping Habit
A surprisingly large number of parents allow their children to co-sleep with them occasionally, and some even do it every night. However, continuous co-sleeping can have a negative impact on a person’s functioning – both on parents and children. The Problems Connected to Co-Sleeping Habit Often, children who have co-sleeping habits are less self-reliant and…
Read MoreIs Your Child Moody and Angry? Maybe Its Time for a Screentime Reset
You may have seen it in your own child – a complete overreaction and utter agitation to a request you’ve made. It took you aback, left you puzzled. Or perhaps you’ve noticed increased sibling rivalry and shows of aggression. Does your child have an obsession with a show or game? Is there a total lack…
Read MoreA Loved One Died: How to Help Your Child Cope with Grief
The loss of a loved one in death is not easy for an adult – let alone a child. Often, parents are completely unsure about how to handle telling their children. Nor do they have any idea about what to say to help them cope with the tragedy. The biggest mistake parents often make is…
Read More5 Signs Your Childs Anger is Out of Control and How You Can Help
We’ve all seen it. That child who throws a huge tantrum in a store. Yelling, stomping, pulling things from the shelves. It’s not unusual for children to go through this phase as they grow up. But what if you suspect that your child’s behavior is not normal? Is Your Child’s Anger Out of Control? Of…
Read More10 Simple Ways You can Help Your Child Cope with Anxiety
It’s hard enough for adults to deal with anxiety, how much more so for children. The confusing thoughts, the worries, the discomfort, the roller coaster feelings of panic and helplessness. It can really be frightening – not just for your child, but also for you. Naturally, as parents, you want to protect our child from…
Read MoreFind Solution’s to Your Child’s Sleep Problems
The sound that you think is part of your dream slowly rouses you from your slumber. You blink, confused by the fact that the noise is still present. Yet, you’re awake! As you become more conscious of your surroundings, you realize that it comes from the adjacent room. Your child’s room. And suddenly you…
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