Did you ever consider that the way in which you engage with your child, the words you use and the kind of conversations you have, can cause inflammation in the child’s body and brain? We know that what children eat can cause inflammation and increase or decrease symptoms labeled as ADHD. But do you know [...]
A mom spoke to me recently about her pre-school son. When she described his symptoms, I told her, “Your son is showing signs of stress. We need to find out where this stress is coming from.” “How can that be? She asked horrified. “He is only three years old! What has he got to be [...]
We all know that tummy aches in children can often be a sign of emotional distress. The child may be feeling afraid or sad or angry and their tummy starts to hurt. Or they may be nervous about a test or a speech and they describe this as having ‘butterflies in my stomach.’ So if [...]
Our children are growing up in an incredibly competitive world. From the moment that they wake up until they go to sleep, each and every day, they are competing, no matter how old they are. Think about it. Starting from a very early age kids are continuously competing against others to show how smart they are. Parents reinforce [...]
People ask me why I call my program Parents,Take Charge! and Teachers, Take Charge! ‘Take Charge of what?’ they ask me. I tell them that it’s about parents and teachers Taking Charge! of the wellbeing of their children’s bodies, brains and spirits. First and foremost parents and teachers need to Take Charge of the stressful, [...]
So often we find ourselves making decisions and trying treatments that do not bring the hoped-for result when trying to help our children overcome their learning, behavior or mood challenges. In many instances this disappointment is due to the fact that we started off with outdated information which caused us to ask the wrong questions [...]
When I asked a focus group I conducted with kids between 7 and 11 years of age, what their top three stresses are, they all agreed the No. 1 stress in their lives is achievement stress, as discussed in my previous blog, The Lower the Stress, the Higher the Grades. I could have guessed that, [...]
Kids have a way of saying things that are just so refreshingly real and down to earth. I had gone for a ride with a friend, Margie, to fetch her 9 year old daughter, Beth, from school. Beth came bouncing up to the car, opened the back door, threw her back pack onto the seat, [...]
I can still see this father, sitting on the couch in my office, looking so sad and anxious as he asked me, “Dr Gluckman, where is my little boy? The teachers are happy since he is on medication but he is not the same little boy he was before”, Then there is the mother who [...]
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