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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:

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Only one in three teenagers, 16-to-19-years-old, will find a job this summer. This is a sure a sign of slow economic growth and higher minimum wage for all workers in the US. In fact, the employment rate this season is expected to be the lowest in sixty years.

Before you begin helping your child search for a summer job it would be wise to establish that your teenager wants to work. While some teens are first reluctant, and you may have to give them a little push, do not force your teen into getting a paying job. Research indicates that teens (especially younger teens) that are not motivated or mature enough to work outside of he home will not… Continue Reading

Research indicates that at least 60% of children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have difficulty making and keeping friends. Many ADD/ADHD boys, when observed with their peers, seem to be more aggressive, off-task, challenging and argumentative. Girls, who tend to be more aware of their disorder, often have a thought process that hinders their desire to make and keep friends. Some ADD/ADHD girls, who are aggressive, tend to be bossy, controlling and use verbal skills, which may be offensive to their peers.

Many ADD/ADHD children are impulsive. It is often hard for them to resist blurting out or interrupting others in their social group. This impulsive behavior turns other children off because they do not have the patience… Continue Reading

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

Author Leah Davies shares in her article, “20 Ways To Foster Values in Children,” some worthwhile information that parents may want to consider while instilling and teaching values to their children. Yes, we want our children to be able to read and write, solve basic math problems and communicate effectively with others, but what about values? Davies’ article promotes value-oriented thinking while providing practical guides to teaching values to children.

“There are little eyes upon you and they’re watching night and day.There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say.There are little hands all eager to do everything you do.And a little child who’s dreaming of the day he’ll be like you.”– author unknown

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Parenting children to learn to manage money is important.  Too many parents avoid this area of teaching until the child is an adult; 18 or older.  When we wait to teach children about money, and how to manage it until they’re adults, they learn primarily as a result of their own successes and failures.

Some high schools offer “Personal Finance” classes.  The majority of high school students, however, do not select these types of courses because they interfere with other required math classes for college preparation. Many parents report that their money management skills are often not what they’d like them to be or our finances are so complex that how we handle our money doesn’t mean much to a child.

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It’s hard for a parent to say “no” when everything our children see in our culture today promotes “yes.” Advertising companies make and spend billions of dollars every year to get us to say “yes.” Our classroom teachers, who have been trained to say “no” in a variety of acceptable ways, have been replaced by Hollywood writers, video game producers, the music industry and other business cultures promoting “yes.”

“Yes “Is In and “No” Is Out

Unless you and your family live in a home built in a remote part of the country, where there are no billboards, televisions, radios, Internet, mail and other modes of advertising, your children will be exposed to hundreds of promotional ads each day. In fact… Continue Reading