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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

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Parents searching for some positive ideas to help their child make and keep friends will find these helpful strategies easy to use and implement. Parents searching for more ideas should go to Ask a Counselor for additional help and assistance with “advanced Strategy” ideas.

Build Social Skills - Encourage Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities

Encourage your child to participate in plays, drama, band clubs, sports, community education programs, YMCA, summer camps, science clubs and more! During the school year, tell your child that you want them to get involved with “one activity at school” and “one activity out of school.” many churches offer programs that are excellent in encouraging appropriate social interaction and friend- making… Continue Reading

There are many different causes to sibling rivalry. Most brothers and sisters experience some degree of jealousy or competition, and this can lead to squabbles and bickering. But other factors also might influence how often kids fight and how severe the fighting gets. These include:

Changing Needs

It’s natural for kids’ changing needs, anxieties, and identities to affect how they relate to one another. For example, toddlers are naturally protective of their toys and belongings, and are learning to assert their will, which they’ll do at every turn. So if a baby brother or sister picks up the toddler’s toy, the older child may react aggressively. School-age kids often have a strong concept of fairness and equality, so might not understand why… Continue Reading

When are child old enough not to need babysitters? What are some considerations that parents need to make regarding hiring a babysitter that go beyond the normal role of watching children. Author and child development expert, Vanessa Van Petten, sheds some light on questions that go beyond the normal babysitting questions. She also addreeses the question: How old is old enough to stay home without a sitter?

Babysitters, Nannys, and Housekeepers Oh My!

Ok, first of all, how good is that title? You know, its like my friend Dorothy said, “lions, tigers and bears oh my!” Get it?! I am always proud when I can be creative even in my titles! OK, onto the serious business and advice.
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Does your child ask the same question over and over again? Does your child keep asking you for something until you give up and give in? Child behavior and parenting coach Traci Gaffney has a different parenting perspective on responding to a child’s questions. Maybe parents should be grateful that children come to the parent with their “asking” voice. Children do go through a developmental phase when they ask more questions. Whether it’s to manipulate or to learn, at least they are asking.

Ask Six Times!

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” W.C. Fields

We have all heard this quote before. Last year I was in a personal growth course where they said… Continue Reading

Parenting children and shaping a child’s behavior through positive parenting approaches is an important parenting skill. Appreciating your child for who she or he is, is also important. Helping your child discover his or her uniqueness is something that helps the child build a positive image and ultimately, self-esteem. The following article by author, Dr. Caron Goode, will begin to open your mind and possibly examine your own personal parenting style when it come to learning to appreciate “your child’s personal style.”

Appreciating Your Child’s Personal Style

Each of us has our own style. Personal style is a natural predisposition toward time, stress, people, tasks, and situations. It is also the foundation on which… Continue Reading

Loving your child is…

There are hundreds of ways to show love for your child. Some are simple and some are not hard to do at all. Child psychologist and child development experts shared that you can not say “I love you” to your child too many times.  It’s important, however, before any parent can begin to show love toward their child, is to ask these two questions:

“What is love?” and “Do I love myself as a parent”

Yes, it’s important to love yourself first. As your child grows up, he or she will certainly be able to tell if you love yourself. They will be able to tell by the way you demonstrate your love for them. You see, the… Continue Reading