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BEHAVIORS &
EMOTIONS
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The 6 Most Annoying Things Kids
Say
Snuggling under her blankets at
bedtime, Ella, 3, gazed up at me
and announced longingly, "I want
a new mommy." Not even four
years into my tenure as Mom and
I was already being edged out of
the job...
more
[Parenting]
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Developing Your Child's
Self-Esteem
Healthy self-esteem is a child's
armor against the challenges of
the world. Kids who feel good
about themselves seem to have an
easier time handling conflicts
and resisting negative
pressures. They tend to smile
more readily and enjoy life.
These kids are realistic and
generally optimistic...
more [KidsHealth]
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The Best Ways to Respond to
Biting and Hitting
Biting, hitting and pulling hair
are common misbehaviors in
preverbal children. When a
toddler lashes out, she's
telling...
more
[Parent Soup]
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Helping Children Conquer
Irrational Fears
As a natural part of growth and
development, children will
develop fears. Fears become a
reason for concern only when
they are persistent and
interfere with a child’s daily
routine. When a fear reaches
this level, it’s often
identified as an “irrational
fear” or “phobia” – an intense
concern about an object or
situation that would not trouble
most people...
more
[Parenthood]
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Bullying
And Your Child
Childhood should be a time
filled with wonder and joy, but
the reality for many kids is
often much different. They're
the victims of bullying at
school or on neighborhood
playgrounds. Children who are
intimidated, threatened, or
harmed by bullies often...
more
[KidsHealth]
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Childhood
Stress
As
providers and caretakers, adults
tend to view the world of
children as happy and carefree.
After all, what could kids
possibly have to worry...
more
[KidsHealth]
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Gay and Lesbian Adolescents
Growing up is a
demanding and challenging task
for every adolescent. One
important aspect is forming
one's sexual identity. All
children explore and experiment
sexually as part...
more [AACAP]
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Teen Suicide
Suicides among young people
nationwide have increased
dramatically in recent years.
Each year in the U.S., thousands
of teenagers commit suicide.
Suicide is the third leading
cause of...
more [AACAP]
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Helping Our Children in
Difficult Times
What can we say to children when
public tragedies and upsetting
events occur? Should we shield
them from the news? How can we
reassure them and help them feel
safe?
Although young children...
more [PBS
Kids]
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How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent
Child
Toddlers bring new meaning to
the word "mercurial." One moment
your child is king of the world,
running around full of glee; the
next he's a raging bull, crying
in utter frustration and...
more [Baby Center]
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Children And Lying
Honesty and dishonesty are learned in the home. Parents
are often concerned when their child or adolescent lies. Lying that is probably not a serious problem:
Young children (ages 4-5)...
more [AACAP]
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Wait Loss: Teaching Our Kids the Value of Waiting
While sitting in gridlock the other day, I was struck by the irony of traffic
going nowhere fast. All the people in their shiny cars, motionless, in their
rush to be somewhere...
more [Parenthood]
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Stress in Children: What It Is, How Parents Can Help
Children feel stress long before they grow up. Many children have to cope with
family conflict, divorce, constant changes in schools, neighborhoods and child
care...
more [About Our Kids]
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Children who Can't Pay Attention
Parents are distressed when they receive a note from school saying that their
child "won't listen to the teacher" or "causes trouble in class." One possible
reason for this kind of behavior is...
more [AACAP]
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The Depressed Child
Not only adults become depressed. Children and teenagers
also may have depression, which is a treatable illness. Depression is defined as
an illness when the feelings of...
more [AACAP]
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Children who Steal
When a child or teenager steals, parents are naturally
concerned. They worry about what caused their child to steal, and they wonder
whether their son or daughter is a "juvenile delinquent."...
more [AACAP]
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Is My Teen's Behavior Normal?
My daughter is 14. She is very bright, talented and stubborn. Since age 13 she has been extremely disrespectful and argumentative.
As this is my only child, I do not know if her...
more [Parent Soup]
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Mad Feelings
A 5-year-old boy once asked me, "What do you do with the mad that you feel when you feel so mad you could bite?"
Listening to his question made me think about what anger means to...
more [PBS Kids]
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Aggression
Although aggression and violence involving youth is hardly a
new phenomenon in the United States, both the quantity and quality of aggression
have undergone dramatic change...
more [About Our Kids]
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Helping Children to Cope with Fears
Fears are a normal part of growing up. Everyone has them to
some degree. Helping children learn to cope with fear is what's important. As
children learn how to master fears, they...
more [About Our Kids]
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Friends and Friendships
Most parents recognize how important and how rewarding
friendships are in the lives of children. A blueprint of how children make
friends and what friendships are like at different ages will...
more [About Our Kids]
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Dealing with Feelings: Emotional Health
It takes a lot of patience combined with good judgment and warm, nurturing
relationships to raise emotionally healthy, comfortable and cheerful children.
But no matter what you...
more [The Whole Child]
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Tips for Teaching Children Courtesy
You don't have to be Miss Manners to know that people have become ruder. In a
world where Beaver Cleaver has been replaced by Bart Simpson, what do we expect?
But where do parents...
more [Parenthood]
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How to Help a Shy Child Open Up
As many as one in five of us are shy. But why? Is that toddler clinging to
Mommy's leg afraid of new people and places because of nature? Nurture?
Genetics? Mary Ann Evans, psychology...
more [Parenthood]
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8 Ways to Raise a Caring Child
Can your preschooler read the facial expressions of other people, and identify
them as happy, sad, scared or angry? A new study published in the October 2002
issue of the Journal of Child...
more [Parent Soup]
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Kindergartner Just Won't Behave
Our five-year-old is in kindergarten this year and has
been getting in trouble at school. The teacher called me at home one day to tell
me that she just couldn't get my child to do as she was told...
more [Parent Soup]
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Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior
Our children deserve to learn important lessons from us and to acquire important
habits with our help. They need help in learning what matters to us. We want our
children to grow up to be...
more [Parenthood]
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Teaching Your Children How to Be Generous Rather than Greedy
We have all witnessed this
embarrassing holiday scene. A mother tightly holds
her child's arm as she attempts to drag him from the toy section of the
department store. Her son is screaming...
more [Parenthood]
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Patience is Key When Changing Problem Behavior
I recently read a post in which a mother expressed concern about her son's
problem behavior in kindergarten, which included getting in trouble with the
teacher and being aggressive toward...
more [Parent Soup]
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When Your Child Won't Stop Talking
My nine-year-old stepson is a chatterbox. It seems that
he likes the sound of his own voice. He is an honor roll student but this year,
he is constantly getting into trouble for his talking. I have...
more [Parent Soup]
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Teaching Good Manners
My child uses bad manners at home. He's impolite to us and to his siblings, and
does and says things that would embarrass me if they happened in public. How can
I teach him to use...
more [Parents Talk]
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How Children Learn from the Marriage
There is an old saying that goes "Children do as they see, not as they are
told." I'm sure you have heard this before: If you want your child to read more,
the best way to accomplish this is to...
more [Parents Talk]
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When Children Lie
I've been catching my child in small lies, of the "I didn't do it" variety. How
can I stop this behavior before it starts to escalate? Children lie for a variety of reasons...
more [Parents Talk]
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When Kids Say, "I Hate You!"
When my son gets angry with me he yells, "I hate you! I wish you weren't my
mother!" and other hurtful things. It really disturbs me, but I don't know how to respond...
more [Parents Talk]
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Kids who Don't Come When Called
I always have to call my child repeatedly before he'll respond. It's like he has
cotton in his ears! I can't stand being ignored. How can I get him to come when I call him...
more [Parents Talk]
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Encouraging Shy Children
My five-year-old daughter is very shy. She had two years
of preschool before kindergarten and it has helped tremendously, but she still
has a hard time initiating friendships...
more [Parent Soup]
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Helping a Shy Child Adjust to Kindergarten
I recently took my daughter to meet her kindergarten
teacher. She acted very shy and would not talk. When it comes to meeting new
people she usually acts shy, but then she warms up...
more [Parent Soup]
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Shyness: 8 Ways to Help Your Bashful Child Blossom
My three-year-old daughter is a perky little girl at
home, but in social settings she's painfully shy. I'm terrified about what's
going to happen when she starts nursery...
more [Parent Soup]
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Raising Polite Preschoolers
Three- and 4-year-olds have an insatiable desire to learn, master new skills,
and please you. Although your child may seem too...
more [Parents]
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Anger Management for Parents
I am the author of the children's self-help book: Helping Children Deal With
Anger, I AM SO ANGRY I COULD SCREAM! I am...
more [Parents Talk]
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Anger Management for Kids
It is, unfortunately, a common occurrence lately. We open our morning newspapers or turn on the television and come face...
more [Parents Talk]
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Help Children Learn to Believe in Themselves
Regardless of what state or country I'm in, the question parents at my workshops
ask me most frequently is...
more [Parents Talk]
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10 Ways to Teach Your Child How to Manage Stress
To learn to deal with stress, a child needs to develop an inner watchdog that
can recognize when emotions, duties and responsibilities could or are beginning
to feel overwhelming...
more [Parent Soup]
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Help Children Blow Away Anger
You can teach your child strategies for coping with anger that can defuse today’s temper tantrums and
manage stress throughout his or her life. Ignore the tantrums while your...
more [Parenthood]
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Help Young Children Overcome Shyness
Young shy children often show an apparent eagerness to observe others combined
with a reluctance to speak to or join the others. For example, shy children may remain silent...
more [UNE Psychology]
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Understanding and Dealing With Depression (ages 6 to 12 yrs. old)
Depression is one of the most common psychological/psychiatric
disorders. It affects a person's overall energy, mood, expressions of emotion
and behavior. Depression is commonly...
more [Oregon Counseling]
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Developing Your Child's Self-Esteem
Healthy self-esteem
is a child's armor against the challenges of the world. Kids
who feel good about themselves seem to have an easier time
handling conflicts and resisting negative...
more [Kids Health]
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