Parenting Our Children

The best way to not fall back into bad habits is to avoid those triggers to begin with.

It’s very possible that you are disorganized because you simply have never tried to be organized.

If NVLD is misunderstood, these children can develop more serious emotional problems such as depression, anxiety, and phobias.

Ask someone you trust to play the part of the interviewer. Then, spend time rehearsing questions and answers with that person.

Research shows that children can learn to say “please” and “thank you” from the age of eighteen months; however, true gratitude and appreciation takes time to grow and blossom.

When still in school, it’s easier to make friends because you are forced into social situations. As an adult, making friends can be harder – especially because your life is busy.

When you see your daughter acting in a positive way, let her know.

As I delved deeper into these findings, joy started to become less amorphous and abstract to me and more tangible and real.

Suppression and avoidance might seem to be the easiest answers. “Let’s go back to checking our emotions at the door.” But this attitude is counterproductive.

If the key to good meetings or gatherings is purpose, how to do we figure out if we have one?

Research shows that girls and boys brains develop in different sequences.

For adults, this twelve-step guide can certainly be helpful in building new pathways in the brain to create resilience. But, what can you do for children?

With the passing of time people begin to look back on previous years and feel dissatisfaction (even if this is completely subjective and someone on the outside would think that they were doing great).

The assumption was that children with Down Syndrome are globally delayed, but what Professor Buckley recognized is that these children have a particular profile of learning delays and relative strengths.

It is important that your child not feel ashamed. He should understand that it is something you will work with him to overcome.

A child who is not assertive and accepts bullying is in danger of growing up to be an adult who is not assertive and accepts bullying.

It’s easy to “misdiagnose” this condition and call it laziness, but that would be a terrible shame.

Is it any wonder that so many children do not measure up to the heavy expectations placed on their young shoulders?

All children, especially those with ADHD, crave routine.

Not only do children who read proficiently have an easier time in all academic areas, they also are more capable in social situations.

If she has required summer reading, be sure to balance the books she is interested in with those on the list.

Behavioral issues come into play, frequently turning twice exceptional children into “problem students” – even as they are head and shoulders above the crowd intellectually.

For those who are introverted, being with people often feels like it is sapping their energy – even if they themselves have great social skills.

Many doctors and psychologists describe this anger as an integral part of growing up.

Often, teenagers need to see beyond their own lives; doing community services is a great way to broaden their horizons and do some good!

Many of the characteristics you describe: repetitive physical behaviors (blinking or closing his eyes), social isolation, and violence against himself and others are symptomatic of autism.

Whatever the numbers, anxiety and depression in a person of any age are conditions too serious to ignore.

Many schools and professionals have only one method or set of methods for remedying reading or language problems. Students who don't fit that profile exasperate those who are working with them.

What easier method to ensure that they are really studying their brochos than by sponsoring a schoolwide brochos contest with much fanfare?

Deep down Chaim is miserable and his parents are at their wits’ end.