Fakes Illness
Children often complain of stomach aches and vague symptoms like “not feeling well.” When there isn’t a fever, a rash, an x-ray or other “evidence” of illness, parents often feel confused. Is the child...
View ArticleDiscovering That Your Child is Bullying Others
Everyone knows that bullying is a big problem in schoolyards and communities. However, if it IS a big problem, it means that there are a lot of bullies out there. It also means that a lot of parents...
View ArticleConflict and Competition Between Siblings
Siblings fight. They compete, they argue and they love each other too. In fact, siblings often have complicated relationships. Unfortunately, parents cannot control how siblings will feel about each...
View ArticleHelping Teens Survive Heartbreak
First love is a wonderful experience, but also a risky one. Most “first” relationships end at some point and with the ending often comes a crushing heartbreak. How can parents help their child through...
View ArticleTurning School Failure Around
Kids don’t enjoy receiving failing grades. It leaves them feeling inadequate and incompetent, frustrated, disappointed and disheartened. It is so much more satisfying to succeed! Fortunately, there are...
View ArticleName-Calling in the Family
When children feel upset, they may express their feelings in less than ideal ways. As adults, we can express our feelings maturely and without conflict (there are exceptions though!). However, as...
View ArticleWhy to and How to Stop Yelling
Parents love their kids. So why do they yell at them? Here are just some of the reasons parents may yell at their children: • Kids don’t listen when parents speak in a normal tone of voice but do...
View ArticleExperiences Frequent Headaches
Recurring headaches are common in both children and adults. Headaches, although uncomfortable and annoying, are most often transient and harmless on the physical level. Usually headaches are a bodily...
View ArticleWorry about the World Situation
Reading the newspaper, listening to the news or watching the daily bulletin on TV can be a stressful exercise for anyone. Bad news in all its graphic detail is flashed before the viewer’s eyes: violent...
View ArticleSullen and/or Uncommunicative
Kids – and especially teenage kids – can sometimes withdraw from family communication and particularly from communication with their parents. They may retreat in different ways. Sometimes they sulk...
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