child psychology
Depression in Children: What Can Parents Do?
The causes of depression in children are numerous. Child psychologist agree that depression is a complex disease that can occur as a result of a variety of childhood situations. For some, depression occurs due to a loss of a loved one, a change or move, or after being placed in a situation that causes severe...
Protecting Your Child: Safety Starts With Good Communication
Home should be a place where children feel truly comfortable about talking freely about their likes and dislikes, their friends and their feelings. Parenting children in an atmosphere with open communication, will help both the parent and child feel more comfortable during life’s ups and downs. This secures both parent and child and creates a...
Why Should Parents Teach Life Skills?
In the late 1990’s, USA Today released several research studies regarding student readiness to become employed and work outside of the home. These research studies show how important life skills training is in today’s world of work and why parents need to spend more time helping their child learn more than the basics academic areas...
Test Taking: General Tips That Work for All Test
Some children are great test takers. Other children do not do as well no matter how hard they study. Below are some test taking tips that may help your child improve scores. Have your child get plenty of sleep the night before a test. Your child will be more alert and have a better chance...
Test Taking Tips: Essay Questions
When studying for essay tests that provide you with questions in advance: Research and find all the information or facts to thoroughly answer the question. Write the essay in advance. Practice answering the essay by actually writing it before you take the test. Study and memorize. Outline key points in your mind. While taking an...
How to Help Your Overweight Child
At least one in five children under the age of 18 is overweight. Children who grow up overweight have a tendency to develop a lower self-esteem, avoid improving social skills and often find it difficult to achieve at a higher academic standard. Below are some parenting tips that parents can may want to consider to...
What Causes Children To Become Overweight?
In the United States at least one child in five is overweight and the number of overweight children continues to grow. Over the last 2 decades, this number has increased by more than 50 percent, and the number of “extremely” overweight children has nearly doubled (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995: 149: 1085-91). A doctor determines...
Making Art Fun!
The visual arts (drawing, painting, printmaking, photography) enrich our lives and help children express their emotions. For preschoolers, doing artwork helps them get ready to read and write by developing visual and motor skills. Doing artwork gives older children the opportunity to get away from a desk and use different learning styles to explore beyond...
Making Geography Fun!
Geography is the study of Planet Earth. When we study geography we look at where things are (places) and their natural surroundings (settings). Geography covers such things as climate, plants, animals, and natural resources (physical characteristics) that affect the Earth, as well as how people affect it. Geographers ask and answer such questions as “Where...
Making History Fun!
When your children ask, “Where did I come from?” and “Was I always here?” they are asking questions about history. These two questions contain the two main meanings of “history”: 1. the story of people and events and 2. the record of times past. History helps us understand the past and how we got here....
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