We all want our kids to love life, learn easily, feel good about themselves and have fun. Unfortunately it is not that way for all kids. Think about being a child that finds learning difficult and that is too anxious and unhappy to be carefree. Life is not that much fun for them because they [...]
As a parent of a child with ADHD or any other learning, behavior and mood problems, there are two very important things to Take Charge of. These are 1. What goes into the child’s mouth? 2. What comes out of your mouth? Okay what do I mean by this. What goes into the child’s mouth? [...]
I am sad to have discovered that some parents want to hide the fact that their child is struggling with a learning, behavior or mood challenge. This suggests to me that these parents believe that there is something wrong with their children. Here’s the truth Children who struggle to learn, feel good or enjoy life [...]
In the past month, I had the opportunity to speak to over 700 people who attended my Parents, Take Charge workshops in South Africa. The workshop registration form asks participants to answer the question:’ ‘What would you like to get out of the workshop?’ Parents poured their hearts out in response to this question. They [...]
The preliminary results of a research study was reported at the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston. These results show that for the 10 top pediatric conditions, children accounted for 60% of patients but only 12% of the clinical drug trials. This is pretty scary when you consider that decisions about drug treatment for [...]
I promised you some important facts about stress during this stress awareness month. In my last blog I wrote about how stress cancels joy. Here are more very important facts: Stress in children is currently a largely unrecognized and untreated problem and is reaching epidemic proportions. This high level of stress is the trigger for [...]
April is Stress Awareness Month and in the next few blogs I would love to share some thoughts and information with you about this critically important issue. Here is the first piece of information you might have not thought about. Stress and joy cannot co-exist. What this means is that the higher your stress levels are, [...]
When any of us thinks of parenting and education, we usually think of the way it has always been. We cannot do that anymore. Parents are now faced with having to update their parenting skills to ensure that their children will be ready for the huge challenges of the 21st century. Truth be told, we [...]
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