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Family meals offer an opportunity to model healthy eating habits, but for some families it can be difficult or even impossible to coordinate healthy meals that everyone can eat, and have them all sit down at the same time: http://www.medicaldaily.com/family-meals-encourage-kids-eat-healthier-through-modeled-behavior-food-choices-306985

Some teens start out defying early, some develop their insolence later, and others never seem to need to rebel. Teens often desire a sense of autonomy and control. If it is not given to them, then they may seek to usurp it by defiance. Many teens see their parents’ rules as robbing them of autonomy […]

A new survey by Highlights magazine found that 62 percent of kids surveyed said they felt their parents were often focused on other things when the child tried to talk to them. Most of those children said the main source of distraction was that electronic device many of us can’t live without. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=31877933&nid=1009&fm=most_popular&s_cid=popular-1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2014/10/09/many-kids-think-parents-are-too-distracted-according-to-annual-survey-by-highlights-for-children-magazine/

A lot of makers of mind games promote that such activities can improve mental functioning. But the research suggests that such benefits tend to be more likely for those who start with impaired or low functioning. This is good news in that those who are most in need of the benefits are most likely to […]

There was a family that I worked with once who had a little boy, Samuel. One time, Samuel’s mom had to set a limit with Samuel because he wanted to keep playing and it was time to leave. This was not the first time that they had had the argument, and Samuel did not respond […]