Tag: parenting
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Preschool Depression?
Read more: Preschool Depression?NYT Magazine: Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? One established [treatment] method is called Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, or P.C.I.T. Originally developed in the 1970s to treat disruptive disorders — which typically include violent or aggressive behavior in preschoolers — P.C.I.T. is generally a short-term program, usually 10 to 16 weeks under the supervision of a trained therapist,…
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Adolescence and Anger
Read more: Adolescence and AngerWhat to expect when you were expecting a dozen-plus years ago: Adolescence and Anger. Parents can get angry in their frustrating fight for influence, adolescents can get angry in their frustrating fight for freedom. However,the battle is finally lost and won as the new generation defeats the old.
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Music Mind
Read more: Music MindPsychCentral relays a study about the Long-term Benefits from Musical Training. New research may help parents when they write the monthly check for music lessons…The research strongly suggests that the neural connections made during musical training also prime the brain for other aspects of human communication.
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Sibling Harmony
Read more: Sibling HarmonyScienceDaily: Essential ingredients of supportive sibling relationships. [A new paper] urges parents to think about the relationship they want their kids to have with each other–now and as adults–and to be intentional in helping them create that positive, supportive bond. How-to suggestions included in the article.
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The Unfun of Parenting
Read more: The Unfun of ParentingNew York looks at parents who hate parenting in All Joy and No Fun. From the perspective of the species, it’s perfectly unmysterious why people have children. From the perspective of the individual, however, it’s more of a mystery than one might think…