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Child and Teenage Internet Addiction: Anxiety, ADHD, Social Phobias, and Depression on the Rise
In today’s world, around 85 percent of children and adolescents have some type of game console, cell phone, computer, or tablet. Often, these kids use these devices in their bedrooms away from the family living area, and studies have found that nearly twenty percent...
Child Anxiety – Divorce Therapy for Children
Going through a divorce is stressful enough for the couple involved, but when children are added to the mix, it can bring a youngster’s fears to the forefront and trigger a cycle of child anxiety. The youth suddenly finds his or her world fracturing apart as the...
Childhood Obesity: Weight Control and Your Child – Conceding the Battle to Win the War
In this day and age in which the media has exposed the epidemic of childhood obesity and associated diabetes, it is impossible for parents to not be more attuned to this issue with their children. For better and worse, we have access to data, research and information...
Separation Anxiety and School Refusal
The summer is waning - it’s almost time for autumn to roll around again, which means school will be starting soon. While most children look forward to this time so they can see their friends and enjoy various school activities, this can be a period of major anxiety...
Children and the Benefits of Mindfulness Training
These days, children often have stressors that come at them from all directions. Schools are sending more homework and projects home with children, kids are busy after school with extra-curricular sports and activities, and there are video games, social media, and...
The Effects of School Bullying
It seems like we hear of another bullying-related suicide almost weekly and with the unfortunate increase in suicides, people are becoming more aware of how big of a problem bullying has become. Fortunately, this means programs are being put into place to decrease...