When parents of kids with disabilities get ahead of themselves––and let me be clear, I’m speaking from personal experience––here they remind me of Jodi, a kindergarteners I taught long, long ago. She was the daughter of a family friend, and I’d known her since she was three. She was bright, curious, articulate, organized, and driven…
There are some things that I’m just not good at. I once had to ask my father-in-law for help changing my wiper blades. Not “Dad, can you spare a twelve-gauge crescent wrench so I can personally fix my canuter valve? I think the flange gasket must have gone bad”… …but “Dad, I don’t know how these two pieces of…
Confession. . . and this one’s easy to admit. I watch “All Creatures Great and Small” on PBS. And, I like it. . . a lot. Earlier this week when this latest season of the show came to an end,… Read More The post The Latest on Teens and Social Media appeared first on The…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Youth who are bullied in childhood develop more internalizing, externalizing, and total mental health problems in late adolescence, according to a study published online in Nature Mental Health. Dimitris I. Tsomokos, Ph.D., from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, and George M….
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by PsyPost. Have you ever wondered how teenage romances influence friendships? A recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships delved into this topic. Researchers found that teenagers in romantic relationships are less likely to form new friendships, yet these relationships don’t necessarily…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. A shift in parenting early in a child’s development might help curb the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research suggests. When a preschooler exhibits an “excitable or exuberant” temperament, dialing down a “controlling” style of parenting in favor of what’s known as…
If blessed with a long life, there is a strong likelihood you will come to a point when your parents need some sort of care. This could range from complete nursing home care to occasional assistance. Generally, it will be somewhere in between. It is not uncommon for aging parents to need loving boundaries and…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto Medical School in Brazil have discovered that excessive stress during adolescence can lead to changes in the gene expression in the brain. These changes, particularly in genes related to bioenergy, may impact cell respiration, leading…
Imagine you’re about to have amnesia in the next five minutes. FUH-GET ‘BOUT IT! No, really. Give it a shot. It’ll make sense in a moment. Pretend that for some strange reason every memory of your life will disappear after the next 300 seconds have passed. It’s a sad thought, I know. Still, the clock…