Child Therapy, Parenting Articles and Tips, Play Therapy Topics, Discipline Advice

Children are developmentally focused on themselves. They believe that the world is only as big as themselves, and they have difficulty with the concept of empathy. Children tend to feel shamed, blamed, or victimized when things happen, as they do not yet have the ability to “put themselves in another’s shoes”. [click to continue…]

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Children will often complain of aches and pains, and it is difficult to know if there is cause for concern. Unfortunately, parents usually try to assess the medical issues and make a decision based on a physical spectrum. However, children dealing with emotional and behavioral issues will complain of the same things, but are often ignored. [click to continue…]

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Summer is here! Kids are out of school, and the dreaded feeling of keeping children occupied for two and a half months looms. While summer can be crazy and exhausting, it can also provide some of the best memories of childhood for you and your children. [click to continue…]

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We all grow into adults who don’t always use the best ways to communicate, discipline and interact with children. Sometimes, we are unaware of little things that we do or say that have negative effects on kids. Recognizing those issues is the first step, and then learning to model more appropriate behaviors comes next. [click to continue…]

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Many of us have been programmed to think that if we want to know something, we ask. If we want more information, we question someone. We want to understand something, so we inquire. Therefore, when we want to “connect” with our children, we ask them about their day, their friends, their feelings. Unfortunately, we usually don’t get the responses for which we had hoped. [click to continue…]

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I recently have had an influx of adolescents in my office and I have learned some valuable lessons about how to approach them in the most effective ways. Teenagers have very distinct needs and do not really fit into either the almost-adult or still-a-child category. This can sometimes create difficulties when parents feel that therapy is necessary. [click to continue…]

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Children learn best from experience and instruction, which requires parents to set limits on behaviors. However, that does not mean children need to be told “no” hundreds of times each day. Studies show that toddlers typically hear the word “no” 400 times daily, which you can imagine gets tiresome for the parents and the child. Parents can learn to use different ways to communicate limits that are mutually favorable, and a few ideas to get you started follow. [click to continue…]

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We live in a society that labels everything. We have labels on our clothes, our cheeseburgers, our meat and produce, and the list goes on. We like the convenience of neatly packaged words so we can sum up the person, place or thing and know what to expect. However, especially with children, even harmless labels can play a lasting role in self-esteem, behavior and long-term personality. [click to continue…]

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Last year, I wrote an article with ideas and ways to keep the focus on what is important during the Christmas Season. It doesn’t even seem that a year could have passed so quickly, but here we are in December again! This year, I would like to expand on the topic, and give some new tips that I think you may find helpful.

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