Recess Plight, No Teacher In Sight

Another by-product of the unattended classroom is the friendship crisis a great many children suffer. While most children eagerly await recess and lunchtime as cherished opportunities for fun with playmates, there are some children who experience loneliness and rejection during these unstructured periods.

A King’s Ransom To Keep Him Happy

Children with experiential insatiability, are extremely hard to satisfy. School-related routines such as processing information and producing written work do not quell their appetites for intense experiences.

Do You Have ADHD?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a common behavioral disorder that affects between 8-10% of school age children. Boys are three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with ADHD.

How Do You Spell Success? S-o-c-i-a-l S-k-i-l-l-s

Social competence enables us to know what to say, how to make good choices, and how to behave in diverse situations. The extent to which children and adolescents possess good social skills, say experts, can heavily influence their academic performance, social and family relationships, and later, their success on the job.

Say Goodbye to Painfully Shy: The Rationale for Shidduch Coaching

Many people believe that practice and a positive role model will solve all social issues, but what they do not understand is that sometimes people simply lack social intelligence when it comes to finding favor with others.

Why Is My Child Having Trouble In School?

Children are not given choices and thus cannot shield themselves from failure; we expect them to be competent, if not expert, in a whole array of school basics.

‘A’ Is For Anxiety: Managing School-Related Sadness And Anxiety in Children

Many students adapt very well to school; they feel good about themselves and their school work. For others, however, school is threatening. Getting through an average school day for some children is fraught with anxiety-producing situations and painful moments.

Bullfight In The School Yard!

If comparing bullying to bullfighting seems very harsh, ask a child who was bullied.

The Tyranny Of OCD

The disorder is far more disabling than people realize, and consumes untold hours and outputs of energy.

The Paradox Of The ‘Little Professor’

Although she is well-behaved and articulate in class discussions, on the playground she will frequently barge in on other children's play or conversations.

Prison Without Walls: Understanding Asperger’s Syndrome

She was moody and remote, absorbed in her books. She did well in school with barely any effort but her social skills lagged far behind her academic achievement.

The Science Of Shidduchim

The key to knowing where to start is to understand the four levels of communication.

Who’s Looking For A Social Butterfly?

For most children, basic social skills (e.g. initiating conversation, working cooperatively, respecting boundaries, observing conventional rules of courtesy) are acquired naturally.

Clever But Clueless: More on Teaching Social Skills To The “Out-Of-Sync” Child

Chanie’s mother tried to salvage the situation by calling her daughter to the side and whispering a few succinct reproaches in her ear.

The Tyranny Of OCD

OCD was long assumed to be purely psychological, the mind's reaction to overly-strict parents or abnormal emphasis on cleanliness. Scientists now believe it is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain.

The Explosive Child: Dealing With The Explosive Child

It makes a parent feel both helpless and angry at the same time. Helpless at the thought of having no control whatsoever over the situation. And angry that your child insists on behaving irrationally and well beyond acceptable modes of behavior.

Stop The Bully Cycle

Research shows that children do need friends, however, they do not need tons of friends nor do they need friends to surround them 24/7.

Shidduchim, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Intelligence: The Best Recipe

Why bring up the concept of emotional intelligence when discussing shidduchim? The answer is simple: if a young adult has a low EQ, no matter how smart or accomplished she is, she will never be able to show that to her prospective mate.

Taking Control Of Your Anger

We all deal with anger once in a while. But, during the teenage years, anger is something that can take over both teenagers’ and parents’ lives.

Fear, Anxiety, Fright, Stress, Oh My!

As a general rule, distinguish between what is in our control and what is out of our control. We can control ourselves, but not those around us.

Emotions Matter: Shidduchim And School

It makes sense that emotional intelligence is important when on a date. You are, after all, talking about emotions and feelings.

The ABCs Of Phonics

Because written language can be compared to a code, knowing the sounds of letters and letter combinations helps children decode words as they read. Knowing phonics will also helps students know which letters to use as they write words.

Parents Of Bullies

Though a six-year-old may seem a bit young for bullying, it is great to catch the behavior early because studies have shown that those who act as bullies seem to maintain these characteristics into adulthood, often negatively influencing their ability to develop mature adult relationships.

Finding Passions With Dyslexia

The first thing you can do is show her how her passion is really connected to academics... Aside from the ways that her goal can be linked academically, this will also help your daughter gain self-esteem.

Kriyah Motivation

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

Dyslexia And Social Skills

Ironically, no one knows just how hard these children are trying, yet they continue to fail miserably because their minds simply do not work the way normative reading instruction is taught.

Early Signs Of Reading Issues

Keep in mind that isolated symptoms are not an indication of dyslexia. Rather, it is only manifest when three or four symptoms consistently appear as a part of a pattern.

Why Read?

Recent studies have shown that children and adults who read fiction are better able to empathize with people in life. Perhaps exploring the emotional lives of others allows the reader to step into the shoes of the real people they interact with daily.

Boys And Girls And Bullying

Girls tend to do more of the “mean girl” syndrome. The bullying is more underhanded and veiled. There is taunting and verbal abuse... On the other hand, with boys, you see more of the physical bullying: hitting and using physical aggression to intimidate.

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