Children
20
May
Mommies with Cents Review of Affirmation Weaver & Indigo Ocean Dreams
October 25, 2009 Review from Mommies with CentsAccording to Anxiety Disorders Association America and American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorder facing children tod...
10
Feb
Transforming Stress Into Beauty
Note to Readers: Winter can bring an increase in stress. Creative parents and teachers are transforming stress into healthy activities that also teach relaxation. Winter is a perfect time for children to pretend they are a polar bear ...
01
Feb
Choosing a Therapist for Your Child’s Anxiety
Child anxiety should be discussed with a therapist who should be willing to answer any questions you may have about methods, training, and fees during a consultation. Bring a list of your child’s symptoms to discuss, and be sure to me...
13
Jan
Overweight Kids are Often Stressed-Out Kids
Being an overweight kid isn’t easy. In fact, it can be downright stressful. Consider the following scenario: You are a 10 year old overweight kid, can’t run very fast as a result and you are in P.E. (Physical Education) class. The coa...
06
Jan
Can You Parent Too Much? Are You Overparenting?
Note to Readers: In our quest to be the best parents we can be and keep our children as safe as we can….Are we inadvertently overparenting? College orientation information actually has a segment dedicated to telling parents to stop be...
22
Dec
Helping Children Conquer Stress
by Lori Lite as seen in USA Today“Your daughter knows about terrorist attacks and school shootings. She talks about it more than you are comfortable with. . . . Is she becoming the nervous type or is this simply a symptom of stress?”Y...
11
Nov
Do you know your kids stress levels?
by Kristin Cantu on November 11, 2009The American Psychological Association (APA) released results from a survey that reveal that parents are out of touch when it concerns their kids stress levels. The APA reports the greatest stress ...
04
Nov
Help… I am stressed out that my son is 8 and he still sucks his thumb!
Prolonged thumb sucking in a child over 5 or 6 is most likely created by the anxiety felt from the parents worrying too much about the child sucking his thumb. Experts say that an older child still doing it has been locked in to usin...
28
Oct
East Cobb mom writes books to help children with stress, anxiety
by Marcus E. Howardmhoward@mdjonline.comOctober 26, 2009 01:00 AMMARIETTA – Lori Lite, a married mother of three in northeast Cobb, is the author of eight children’s books, a series of CDs and audio books, and has been a successful co...
24
Jun
Anxiety Disorders in Children
All children experience anxiety. Anxiety in children is expected and normal at specific times in development. For example, from approximately age 8 months through the preschool years, healthy youngsters may show intense distress (anxi...