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Coaching Compassion And Kindness To The Sadistic Sibling

Submitted by Dr. Steven Richfield on Mon, 07/26/2010

 

 

 

Parents write, “Our older son is so mean and sadistic to our younger son that we minimize family vacations, and time together. Help!”

Childhood Obesity and the Bullies

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Fri, 05/14/2010

Childhood Obesity and the Bullies

Childhood obesity has been a problem for quite a while now. Its one thing for adults to be overweight but seeing children in that condition can be hard to fathom. Yet it happens.

Emotionality

Submitted by Craig Stellpflug on Wed, 05/05/2010

Emotions, Mixed Dominance and the Brain

 

By Craig Stellpflug NDC

Healing Pathways Medical Clinic

Tempe, AZ

Copyright 2009 Craig Stellpflug©.

Involving Children in Anti-bullying Projects

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Fri, 02/26/2010

Peer Abuse aka Bullying is still a raging problem amongst us in society. The bullycide of Phoebe Prince still remains in the headlines and Massachusetts is still trying to get up to date with these same laws that exist in most every state now.

Bipolar Disorder and ADHD Symptom Overlap: ADHD is not FRED-PG13

Submitted by Dr. David Nowell on Sun, 02/14/2010

Some estimates suggest that bipolar disorder occurs in about 1% of the population, with perhaps 4-6% of the population meeting the criteria for a "soft spectrum" bipolar variant. Almost certainly, the uptick we’ve noticed in bipolar diagnoses over the past several years is due to multiple factors. First, we are likely identifying bipolar disorder that we were missing before. Additionally, however, many clinicians suspect that the bipolar disorder diagnosis is being misapplied and over-applied. 
 

The Bullies will be held Accountable

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Fri, 02/12/2010

The Bystander is Important in stopping the Bullies

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Sat, 01/16/2010

This world is one that grows more and more vicious everyday. The term dog eat dog is probably considered a form of good behavior now. Everyday we watch and listen to someone somewhere sabotage someone else. For the most part, we walk on by and ignore it or we participate and not in the right way.

Coaching Emotional Literacy To Children

Submitted by Dr. Steven Richfield on Mon, 01/04/2010

Parents expend considerable effort preparing children for the challenges ahead but little attention is typically paid to helping them communicate in emotionally meaningful ways. Emotional literacy empowers children to identify feelings within themselves, draw distinctions, understand subtleties, and verbalize their emotions with sincerity and consideration of others. This capacity to translate feelings into precise language can be nurtured at even young ages but opportunities abound throughout childhood.

Emotional Eating--The Real Holiday Stressor

Submitted by Richard Kuhns on Mon, 12/14/2009

Emotional eating goes out the window with holiday stress. And so does losing weight. But the real holiday stress is not the rushing around (not that there isn't any of that) but it's the uncertainty of all your plans working out for the season.

Coaching The Materialistic Child

Submitted by Dr. Steven Richfield on Mon, 12/07/2009

With the gift giving season coming up, our kids place too much emphasis is placed on getting and not giving. What advice do you have for spoiled children?