child social development
Handling Holiday Stress
Holidays can be a stressful and difficult time for many individual and families. Family traditions and gatherings bring about excitement and joy for many individuals. But for some, the holidays bring extra stress and exhaustion. ScottCounseling recognizes child psychology author, Christopher Williams, for supplying the reader with some helpful holiday “stress-release” tips. Sleigh bells...
Shopping With Your Child
Parents searching for helpful hints to make your shopping experience with your child an enjoyable one will find this article to be very helpful. Children can and will learn from their parents while shopping. The opportunity to learn how to make decisions, how to select the right product and how to use money wisely can...
Five Steps to Take if Your Child is Being Bullied
If your child comes to you because a bully is bothering him or her, you need to pay close attention to the problem. The worst thing you can do is ignore it. Too often parents feel children and teens need to ‘work things out’ on their own. While parenting child does include promoting self-reliance, parents...
At The Hospital: Helping My Child Cope
For many children, just mentioning the word doctor or hospital can cause stress. Children remember their first experiences getting their required school shots, annual physicals and routine check-ups. Many hospitals have trained full time social workers, communication experts and child psychology and development experts on staff to help parents and children learn coping methods to...
Getting Children To Eat Properly
Parenting children to eat a proper diet is not easy. Especially with all the fast food advertising our children experience on a day to day basis. One national news report after another is reporting that our children are eating the wrong foods. Childhood obesity is a national concern. Many research studies coming from our college...
Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
Many of us parents grew up during a time when our parents, teachers, coaches and youth leaders taught us that “you will not get what you want if you cry.” Although we want our children to grow up communicating in an appropriate manner, one that is mature and responsible, we also have to realize that...
Children’s Anger and Tantrums
Most of us can share a story when we were shopping in a store and witnessing a young child throwing a temper tantrum. Child psychology and child behavior specialist agree that letting your emotions “go” can be healthy, but at what developmental stage in life is it inappropriate? Parent child development experts, R.J. Fetsch and...
Activity Overload: Are Kids Doing Too Much?
School counselors across the country are reporting that more and more students involved in extra-curricular activities are on “overload” and becoming stressed out. ScottCounseling ancorages parents and coaches to help the student athlete to develop a “balanced life;” one that avoids athletic pressures and activity overload. This article shares some thoughts and ideas by author,...
Specialization in Youth Sports Can Be Dangerous
Dangers of Playing The Same Sport It only makes sense… the more one uses the same pencil over and over, the more it wears down. Our human body does the same thing; it wears down. There is a difference, however, between the body use and pencil use. When given an appropriate period of rest the...
Sports Parents Who Lose Control
Angry Parents At Sporting Events No parent ever wanted to get their child involved in sports so that he or she could become the center piece of the game. Parenting child development experts like Dr. Anthony Fiore, author of this article, encourage parents to stay in control of their emotions before, during and after the...
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