#child-psychology
#child-psychology

Free Your Child From Overthinking: Break Anxiety Loops Fast

Overthinking can emotionally paralyze children, leading to anxiety and indecision.

Confidence in children grows through action, not just thought.

Parents can help combat children's overthinking and instill confidence.

What To Do If Your Child Starts Pulling Their Hair Out When Stressed

Children may pull their hair or eyelashes as a response to stress, which can sometimes develop into trichotillomania, a mental health disorder.

fromTODAY.com

Pediatrician's controversial advice to parents: 'Give in to your kids right away'

Pediatrician advises parents to say 'yes' to minor requests to simplify parenting and support mental health.

The Hidden Faces of Child and Teen Anxiety

Anxiety in children and teens often presents as defiance, withdrawal, or irritability, masking deeper struggles that require attention.

fromwww.mercurynews.com

Asking Eric: My boyfriend told my kids they have to keep secrets from me

Get your children away from the boyfriend immediately due to his manipulative and dangerous behavior.

Are Personality Disorders Adult Attachment Disorders?

Attachment disorders arise from early trauma, affecting relationships in youth, especially in foster care settings.

Free Your Child From Overthinking: Break Anxiety Loops Fast

Overthinking can emotionally paralyze children, leading to anxiety and indecision.

Confidence in children grows through action, not just thought.

Parents can help combat children's overthinking and instill confidence.

What To Do If Your Child Starts Pulling Their Hair Out When Stressed

Children may pull their hair or eyelashes as a response to stress, which can sometimes develop into trichotillomania, a mental health disorder.

fromTODAY.com

Pediatrician's controversial advice to parents: 'Give in to your kids right away'

Pediatrician advises parents to say 'yes' to minor requests to simplify parenting and support mental health.

The Hidden Faces of Child and Teen Anxiety

Anxiety in children and teens often presents as defiance, withdrawal, or irritability, masking deeper struggles that require attention.

fromwww.mercurynews.com

Asking Eric: My boyfriend told my kids they have to keep secrets from me

Get your children away from the boyfriend immediately due to his manipulative and dangerous behavior.

Are Personality Disorders Adult Attachment Disorders?

Attachment disorders arise from early trauma, affecting relationships in youth, especially in foster care settings.

Dr. Becky Explains How To Avoid Raising Entitled Kids

Parents unintentionally foster entitlement in children by shielding them from frustration, impacting their ability to cope with losses.

The pandemic contributed to this shift, as parents allowed children to win to alleviate stress.

Your Teen Still Needs You-Even When They Push You Away

Adolescence is a developmental transition; despite challenges, connection with teens is essential.

4 weeks ago

Teen-Parent Clashes: What Your Teen May Not Understand

Improved family communication can enhance teenagers' cooperation, as preteens often misinterpret boundaries as arguments.

fromFast Company

How Dr. Becky created a pocket-sized parenting coach

Dr. Becky Kennedy's Good Inside method revolutionizes parenting by viewing children as inherently good and emphasizing emotional understanding over traditional discipline.

Smart But Stuck: The Homework Shutdown

A shift in questioning from 'Why aren't you doing this?' to 'What's getting in the way?' can improve communication with struggling children.

The barrier to your child's homework completion is often emotional rather than due to a lack of capability.

1 week ago

What If the Problem Isn't Your Child-But Your Expectations?

Emotional security in children fosters a willingness to try new things.

Understanding a child's behavior requires curiosity regarding their emotional needs.

Parental pressure, even with good intentions, can lead to anxiety in children.

Defiance in children often signals a need for self-protection rather than rebellion.

Dr. Becky Explains How To Avoid Raising Entitled Kids

Parents unintentionally foster entitlement in children by shielding them from frustration, impacting their ability to cope with losses.

The pandemic contributed to this shift, as parents allowed children to win to alleviate stress.

Your Teen Still Needs You-Even When They Push You Away

Adolescence is a developmental transition; despite challenges, connection with teens is essential.

4 weeks ago

Teen-Parent Clashes: What Your Teen May Not Understand

Improved family communication can enhance teenagers' cooperation, as preteens often misinterpret boundaries as arguments.

fromFast Company

How Dr. Becky created a pocket-sized parenting coach

Dr. Becky Kennedy's Good Inside method revolutionizes parenting by viewing children as inherently good and emphasizing emotional understanding over traditional discipline.

Smart But Stuck: The Homework Shutdown

A shift in questioning from 'Why aren't you doing this?' to 'What's getting in the way?' can improve communication with struggling children.

The barrier to your child's homework completion is often emotional rather than due to a lack of capability.

1 week ago

What If the Problem Isn't Your Child-But Your Expectations?

Emotional security in children fosters a willingness to try new things.

Understanding a child's behavior requires curiosity regarding their emotional needs.

Parental pressure, even with good intentions, can lead to anxiety in children.

Defiance in children often signals a need for self-protection rather than rebellion.

My Daughter Did a Favor for a Popular Girl at School. Her Brother Told Me How It Ended.

Focus on building confidence and kindness rather than popularity during childhood.

#infant-development

3 weeks ago

Parenting

How Do Babies Begin to Understand Emotion?

Parenting

Divorcing When Pregnant or With an Infant

3 weeks ago

How Do Babies Begin to Understand Emotion?

Infants learn emotional understanding through caregiver interactions and momentary disruptions.

Divorcing When Pregnant or With an Infant

Divorce significantly impacts newborns and infants, affecting their emotional development and sense of security.

more#infant-development

Can Psychological Assessment Help Bullying Behavior?

Bullying behavior is associated with more psychopathological traits and cognitive issues in children compared to non-bullies.

The One Rule That Can Help You Be A Good Stepmom

Stepparenting's success relies on the child determining the relationship pace, highlighting the importance of their comfort in the family dynamic.

We Mothers Are Ultimately "There To Be Left"

Motherhood is a full-time role of adapting to children's needs, ultimately preparing them to become independent.

fromPortlandTribune.com

5 months ago

Portland

Navigating Changes as a Family

The One Rule That Can Help You Be A Good Stepmom

Stepparenting's success relies on the child determining the relationship pace, highlighting the importance of their comfort in the family dynamic.

We Mothers Are Ultimately "There To Be Left"

Motherhood is a full-time role of adapting to children's needs, ultimately preparing them to become independent.

fromPortlandTribune.com

5 months ago

Portland

Navigating Changes as a Family

more#family-dynamics

Coping With the Stress of a Move

Data shows that Americans move 11.7 times on average throughout their lifetime, making moving to a new home a nearly universal experience that most of us can identify with.

Parenting

The Anxiety-Depression Link

Unaddressed anxiety can evolve into depression, affecting individuals across ages.

Responding with empathy to children's concerns is crucial for preventing emotional decline.

fromwww.thelocal.ch

Should Swiss students be taught shooting skills in schools?

"In March 2024, MP Nils Fiechter of the Swiss People's Party proposed introducing mandatory firearms training in primary schools, arguing that the skills ensure readiness in case of invasion."

Germany politics

How Drawing Can Help Children Navigate Parental Death

Art therapy aids young children in expressing grief after losing a parent.

Children need control over their artistic expression to feel safe processing emotions.

Childhood Patterns That Fuel Enmeshment and Perfectionism

Children often believe they are responsible for neglect or abuse due to their understanding of cause and effect.

Moral perfectionism can be a defense mechanism, leading children to think that being good equals control and happiness.

The Harmful Myth of Holding Time

Holding time is a discredited practice harmful to vulnerable children.

Forced physical closeness retramatizes rather than helps children.

Attachment should be formed through safety and autonomy, not coercion.

Outsmarting Your Child's Overthinking: What Actually Helps

Managing worry is a skill children can learn, not an inherent flaw.

Parents should be present to support their anxious children, even if not perfect.

The Harmful Myth of Holding Time

Holding time is a discredited practice harmful to vulnerable children.

Forced physical closeness retramatizes rather than helps children.

Attachment should be formed through safety and autonomy, not coercion.

Outsmarting Your Child's Overthinking: What Actually Helps

Managing worry is a skill children can learn, not an inherent flaw.

Parents should be present to support their anxious children, even if not perfect.

more#parental-guidance

fromwww.nytimes.com

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

Concerns about ADHD diagnosis accuracy and Ritalin's effectiveness led researchers like James Swanson to initiate comprehensive studies on the medication's long-term effects.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

What the #CookieChallenge Is Doing to Post-Traumatic Parents

If you can foresee what's coming, you can prepare; if you can prepare, you won't be blindsided; and if you're not blindsided, maybe this time you won't get hurt.

Parenting

#hippocampus

OMG science

The reason why we don't remember being a baby revealed

The study challenges previous beliefs about infant memory retention and suggests early memories are not lost, but rather inaccessible.

fromwww.aljazeera.com

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Why can't we remember our early years? Do babies make memories at all?

Babies as young as 12 months can form memories, suggesting earlier cognitive development than previously understood.

OMG science

The reason why we don't remember being a baby revealed

The study challenges previous beliefs about infant memory retention and suggests early memories are not lost, but rather inaccessible.

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Why can't we remember our early years? Do babies make memories at all?

Babies as young as 12 months can form memories, suggesting earlier cognitive development than previously understood.

A Good Day Is When Bad Things Don't Happen

Children's perceptions of good days are often influenced by their lived experiences, focusing on the absence of negativity rather than the presence of joy.

SF parents

fromwww.nytimes.com

The Best True Crime to Stream: 1970s and '80s Kidnappings

The Chowchilla bus kidnapping revealed profound impacts on child psychology and the resilience of survivors.

How a Child's Misperceptions Create Unhealthy Narratives

Children misperceive their world due to limited experience, leading to inaccurate narratives.

Emotions drive children's interpretations, which can result in unhealthy beliefs.

Stop the Meltdown: The Key to Your Child's Emotional Control

Teaching children to label emotions can help them manage anger and frustration.

Empathetic communication encourages emotional regulation in children.

Consistent and patient guidance is essential for emotional growth in kids.

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