October, 2008 Archive Entries:

Safe Halloween: What Parents Can Do To Keep Their Children Safe

ScottCounsling answers a reader’s question from Ask a Counselor.

A ScottCounseling member asks:

“Whats everyone doing for safety precautions for Halloween? Last year my youngest son came down with a massive fever after Halloween. I almost thought about just taking the kids to our church’s fall festival this year instead of door-to-door to prevent that from happening again. I don’t know yet. What’s your […]

Expert Parenting Books: Online Parenting Books

Finding the right parenting books to meet your needs has been simplified. ScottCounseling offers two new parenting books that contain hundreds of parenting ideas, tips, stategies and techniques to help you become a parenting expert. No book store will ofer you parenting information and advice at this price!

NEW! Copyright 2008

101 Top Child Development & Parenting Articles

The High Cost Of Underage Drinking: What Parents Can Do

According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, underage drinking cost the taxpayers of The United States over $60 billion a year. These costs include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering resulting from the use of alcohol by youth. This translates to a cost of $2,094 per year for each youth in the U.S.

Alcohol and Drug Use In Teens: The Minnesota Student Survey

The Minnesota Student Survey is the largest longitudinal study of adolescent behavior in the United States. This survey is given to the majority of 6th (81%), 9th (76%) and 12th (58%) grade students in the public school system across the State of Minnesota. Of the 338 public school districts in Minnesota, 91% […]

Millennium Children: Adult Children Living at Home

Report: 78 percent of angry teens too lazy to run away from home.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame announced Monday results of at three-year study which suggest that an overwhelming majority of today’s teenagers who are emphatically frustrated with their home life are simply too lazy to […]

My Teen Is Dating: What Parents Need To Do

“Dear ScottCounseling:

I think my teen is starting to date. What should I do? I do not want to spy on my child, but I want to know who she is with and what they are doing. Can you help?”

This is a common email question sent to ScottCounseling, Ask a Counselor, from parents who are concerned about […]

How To Help Your Child Become Physically Active: 7 Successful Steps

Are you concerned that your child your child is not getting enough physical activity? This article will provide you with seven ways to help your child become physically fit.

Be a role model. Build physical activity into your day. When your children see you exercising, they will […]

Parenting The Right Way

Parenting: Doing It The Right Way
By Barbara Desmarais, Featured ScottCounseling Author

Have you ever questioned your parenting? Have you read a parenting book and thensaid: “I’m doing it all wrong! Oh no! I’m probably ruining my child for life!” In theeighteen years I’ve worked with parents I’ve concluded there are many “right” ways.What’s right for […]

Parenting: Doing It The Right Way

By Barbara Desmarais
Have you ever questioned your parenting? Have you read a parenting book and then
said: “I’m doing it all wrong! Oh no! I’m probably ruining my child for life!” In the
eighteen years I’ve worked with parents I’ve concluded there are many “right” ways.
What’s right for me isn’t necessarily right for you […]

Understanding and Reducing Parental Stress

Carol Denbow is a ScottCounseling contributing author. Her article concentrates on the understanding and contributing factors that lead to and reduce stress in parenting. Mental health experts often note the importance of spending time to discover what “triggers” our levels of stress.

They also site the importance of becoming solution-ortineted in finding stress reduction strategies that make our parenting lives more enjoyable. This article focuses on some of those […]