New research confirms that kids who engage in regular physical activity and exercise showed important enhancement in cognitive performance and brain function with benefits to executive functioning, cognition, and brain health. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/exercise-seems-to-be-beneficial-to-children/380844/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556380/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556380/
Read More »ADHD and exercise
February 11, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
ADHD and critical parenting
February 09, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
New research examines how very critical parenting can exacerbate symptoms of ADHD: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/02/09/overly-critical-parenting-linked-with-persistent-adhd-in-kids/
Read More »The importance of play
February 09, 2016 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
This article discusses the important role of playing with your kids : http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/09/465557430/what-kids-need-from-grown-ups-but-arent-getting
Read More »Internet safety tips
February 09, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This article offers some basic tips for online safety: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/02/09/safer-internet-day-6-tips-for-your-kids-and-for-you-too/
Read More »On suffering
February 09, 2016 | metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
There are 2 ways that we all can contribute to our own suffering: 1) You hold onto what you expected or hoped for, and resist what is the reality in front of you. 2) When your choices or behavior and your values are not aligned, and you disapprove of your own actions. Logically, to reduce […]
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