Answering Questions Adolescents Ask
As adolescents grow older, older questions come to mind that merit serious adult consideration in response. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Cognition Ethics and Morality Parenting adolescent need to know adolescent online life adolescent questions adolescent questions about life adolescent self-examination adolescent social activism boredom electronic e Source Type: news

“I Think I Can…I Think I Can”: The Creative Spirit
Dr Coche remembers her fondness for “the little blue engine that could” help her learn to overcome adversity. She shares the lesson of this tale with both her granddaughter and you, the reader, to help you remember four keys to creative living in 2015.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judith Coche, Ph.D., ABPP Tags: Creativity Happiness Parenting Resilience Source Type: news

Helping Your Distractible Child Succeed
Are you approaching your child's distractibility in the best way to help him or her?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeffrey Bernstein, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Procrastination distraction Source Type: news

When Your Loved One Struggles with Mental Illness
When people in our lives do things that don’t make sense it can leave us confused, hurt, and alone. Mental illness affects not just the patient, but loved ones as well. Sometimes there are no easy answers. A psychologist shares her own personal experience. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Psychiatry Relationships Therapy conflict family major mental illness Source Type: news

ADHD Risks and Prenatal Smoking
Recent research studies have shown that prenatal exposure to smoking may play a major role in children developing ADHD later during childhood. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erlanger A. Turner, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Integrative Medicine Parenting Self-Help ADHD behavior disorders mental health motherhood pregnancy prevention psychiatry psychology smoking Source Type: news

Adopted: Beyond the Glamour of Asian-Adoptions
Of the 1.5 million adopted children in the United States, international adoptees are the fastest growing segment, of which most are Asian girls. While many of their stories are heartwarming and reflect our image of American compassion and generosity, the realities are much more complex. Iread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sam Louie, MA, LMHC Tags: Child Development Education Ethics and Morality Media Parenting Race and Ethnicity adoption culture Source Type: news

Five Powerful Tips to Validate Your Child's Feelings
Validating your children's feelings will enhance your communication, deepen your connection, and strengthen their self-esteemread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeffrey Bernstein, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting children families happiness self-esteem validation vulnerability Source Type: news

Stop Giving Gifts: Unlocking Joy this Holiday Season
What does psychology tell us about giving gifts? As it turns out, we might be doing it all wrong. Giving "stuff" isn't what makes us happy, so what kind of giving does?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan Fader, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Parenting Self-Help Social Life Christmas gifts giving holidays Source Type: news

Who Owns Your Body?
Much child development can be usefully construed as a transfer of ownership rights from others to the individual.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D. Tags: Child Development Eating Disorders Parenting Therapy Source Type: news

Is Self-Compassion More Important than Self-Esteem?
Is it important to love yourself? It seems that depends on how you do it. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Self-Help acceptance and commitment therapy anxiety depression psychological flexibility self compassion self-esteem stress Source Type: news

Solving the Puzzle of National Differences in Self-Esteem
A well-documented finding in cultural psychology is that people in individualistic societies typically score higher on measures of self-esteem than people in collectivist societies. Less well understood are the reasons for this difference.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lawrence T. White, Ph.D. and Steven Jackson Tags: Cognition Happiness Parenting Race and Ethnicity Canada collectivism creativity cultural psychology Heine individualism Japan modesty self-enhancement self-esteem self-worth Source Type: news

Motivation: Can You Encourage Your Tween to Care?
Tweens are at the age of assertion. This becomes more obvious the older they get. They may start to make more of their own choices about friends and interests. It is the values that their parents impart to them however, that have a great hand in determining these decisions. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Powell-Lunder, Psy.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Child Development Parenting motivation Pasrenting Tweens Tween Decision Making Source Type: news

Helping Your Kids (And You) Enjoy That Holiday Break
Having kids home for holidays can be fun but also stressful. Here are tips for parents to make it easier and enjoyable for both kids and parents.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcia Eckerd, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Stress children holiday stress. holiday celebrations holidays school break Source Type: news

High Functioning Aspies Don't Know What Real Autism Is
Attacking autistic self advocates, and suggesting that the "only real autism" is the kind that calls for round-the-clock care is wrong, destructive, and frankly insulting. Better we join together and work toward a tomorrow that's better for all of us, by pooling our shared wisdom. Autistic people and autism parents are not natural born enemies. It only seems that way.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Elder Robison Tags: Autism Child Development Parenting Source Type: news

The Miracle of Talking Dogs
According to legend dogs gain the power of speech and midnight on Christmas Eve and one man recalls an attempt to test the truth of this folktaleread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanley Coren, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Tags: Animal Behavior Child Development Cognition Parenting ability affection animals auditory baby bark barking belief bond canine canines charm Christ Christmas christmas eve clock communication conversation Cubilon Source Type: news