Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) The number of parents who are having schools tell them that their child has ADHD and needs medication is on the rise. While there are instances where the problem is real and children need to be evaluated for medication, too many children are being misdiagnosed with attention issues.
How To Stop My Child From Acting Out First, you have to decide if the behavior is one that you can ignore or you need to intervene on. If your child is not hurting themselves, someone else, or breaking something, their behavior might be something that you can ignore. Oftentimes, kids act out to get
How To Give My Child A Time Out? As frustrating as kids can be, time outs don’t have to be. When attempting time out with a child who is constantly getting out of time out or refusing to go into time out, keep in mind the things about them you like. Remember how much you
How can I help my child with behavior problems without having to bring them to therapy? Written by a licensed therapist in Long Beach. Please watch the video below to get ideas on things you can do to help your child before bringing them to therapy.
Benefits of having ADHD. A new take on ADHD. People now a days are always multitasking at a fast pace. How common is it for people to be “in the moment” anymore? What if ADHD kids are just always in the moment? Let me explain: The first person I saw with ADHD was when I
Balancing Discipline and Self-Esteem in Children One of your main goals as a parent should be to raise a child who is kind, confident, and one who knows right from wrong. Getting them to that point takes some real work on your part, and one of the biggest issues that you are going to face
Why do parents favor one kid over the other? This concept that I am about to describe is considered “favoring” most kids. This concept that I am about to describe is considered a “lose-lose” by most parents. Let me explain. Let’s take a family with 2 parents, a son and a daughter. The son has
Getting Your Kids to Play Without Screens and Technology While gaming devices, tablets, and smartphones are everywhere you turn nowadays, it easy to forget that they are all still a relatively new invention. There are plenty of parents who can still remember life without mobile devices and the Xbox, and also how playing as a
How can I help my kid make better decisions? In the 23 years I have been working with kids in a therapeutic setting, I have heard this question a lot. What I end up helping parents with has more to do with how to teach your kids to think. Many parents think that they need
Should I let my kids have electronics? Love it or hate it, it’s very difficult to survive in the modern world without technology. But what about our children? Some people will tell you electronic devices are bad for kids and should be avoided at any cost, while others say allowing electronic devices is the only
