Helping my Child to make Friends

Forming friendships are  a very important part of growing up.  Friendship or the lack there of, can really make of break a child’s experience of school and boost or damage her self esteem. I found as a parent, that I often wonder and worry about the amount and quality of my two daughters’ friendships. We [...]

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Oppositional Defiant Behavior in my Child

Most parents give a sigh of relief when their child turns 3 and they can relax, because this is the end of the terrible two’s.  We all recognize a two year old’s temper tantrum as a normal developmental milestone to learn how to deal with their environment.  Children become oppositional, angry, disobedient and defiant when [...]

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Childhood Depression

Although we do not often think that children could have depression, we are finding it becoming more prevalent. Children as young as 7 and 8 are committing suicide while we are standing on the side asking ourselves how could we have missed the tell tale signs…
Children do not necessarily present with the signs of [...]

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