Time magazine recently devoted their health section to kids’ mental health. Articles covered topics including Depression, General Anxierty, OCD, Bipolar, & ADHD. Here is the link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2026672,00.html
Read More »Kids and mental health
November 08, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
texting / surfing the web at bedtime
November 04, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
According to new research, teens who go online or text at bedtime are likely to have problems falling asleep, and experience mood, behavior and cognitive problems during the day: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/206546.php
Read More »Technology and your teens
November 03, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Some articles for how to manage technology and your teens: http://www.nj.com/parenting/ali_skylar/index.ssf/2010/11/teenagers_and_technology.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/sc-fam-1102-parenthood-facebook-20101102,0,7575732.story
Read More »Good parent-child communication correlates with less aggressive behavior
November 01, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A recent study found that pre-teens who perceived effective communication with their parents were less likely to have school-based aggressive behavior: http://tfj.sagepub.com/content/12/2/122.short
Read More »I-dosing
November 01, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This article describes how some teens engage in I-dosing (a form od specific auditory stimulation) for a ‘high’ http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/29/i-dosing-catching-high-some-teenagers/
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