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How to Organize a Disorganized Child
By Cara Beth McLeod
Published July 16, 2012
Tags: Dr. Martin Kutscher, helping child with ADHD, helping disorganized child, Marcella Moran, Organizing the Disorganized Child
A few years ago, I discovered a great handy book for helping children and parents get organized: Organizing the Disorganized Child by ADHD expert Dr. Martin Kutscher and coach Marcella Moran. While, these strategies are particularly helpful for families with ADHD, these strategies work for anyone.
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Why Teenagers Do Stupid Things
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published July 10, 2012
Tags: dangerous sports, prefrontal cortex, risky behavior, seeing consequences, teen brain development
Teens don’t know everything, though they sometimes think they do, and they don’t have the brain power to think things through very well anyway. What can we do?
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Why Kids Love To Collect Stuff
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published July 10, 2012
Tags: acquisitiveness, Barbie, collecting, Lego, Pokemon
Collecting things fits in with children’s growing intellectual abilities. By making a collection, kids provide themselves with practice in several key thinking skills.
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Positive reinforcement vs. spoiling a child
Published July 10, 2012
Tags: dr. jennifer helmcamp, katie malinski, positive discipline, positive reinforcement, spoiling a child
What is the difference between positive reinforcement and spoiling a child? Pediatrician Jennifer Helmcamp and Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW have some answers.
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Imaginary Friends: Why You Don’t Need To Worry
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published June 12, 2012
Tags: Charlotte Bronte, children's imaginations, Emily Bronte, fantasy worlds, imaginary companions, pretend
Imaginary friends can be pretend children, pretend adults, pretend animals or aliens, or can be imagined characters from movies or books or even stuffed toys that are treated like live friends.
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How Media Tremendously Affects Kids
By Kate Raidt
Published June 10, 2012
Tags: disney movies, how media affects kid's behavior, media, media and kids, negative media, parenting, television and kids
Chronicled in the best-seller Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, an intense study was conducted on why aggression in children is at an all-time high.
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Is Parenting A Competitive Sport?
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published June 5, 2012
Tags: bad behavior, best parent, children's behavior, parenting superiority, worst parent
The impulse for social comparison becomes almost irresistible. We cannot think of anything our children do without immediately considering how they compare to other kids.
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Siblings Without Rivalry
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published June 4, 2012
Tags: parenting, sibling relationship, sibling rivalry, what to do when siblings fight
Siblings and rivalry go together like chips and salsa: it’s hard to have one without the other. But there are some things parents can do to manage the rivalry that naturally occurs. Let’s talk about some strategies every parent can use.
