School Issues Articles

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• Click or Clique: Positive and Negative Teen Social Groups
  It's perfectly normal: Preteens and teens group together and often hang on tight. As they push for increasing independence from their parents, they turn to their peers for guidance, acceptance, and security. Safety, for those ...
• When a Teacher and Child Don’t Get Along
  "I hate that school! I hate that teacher!" Nick has come home from school in a fierce temper. He drops his backpack on ...
• Post-College Planning: Build Your References from the Start
  "Dr. H. Can I see you for a minute?" A student has approached me after class. "Sure." I'm always pleased when a student shows some interest. "Well. I was wondering. Can you write me a recommendation?" Now ...
• Should Your Teen Move with You?
  By comparison, little kids are easy. They go where we go and generally do what we tell them to do. If we are excited about a new adventure and approach a move with a positive ...
• Moving Mid-Year with Teens
  The conventional wisdom about moving mid-year, or moving at all, when kids are in high school is "don't." But it isn't that simple. Job opportunities don't always happen conveniently in the summer. Elderly parents who ...
• Moving with Kids
  It’s been decided. Yours will be among the 1 in 5 American families to move this year. It’s easy to get caught up in the ton of details. It’s inviting to skip right over whatever ...
• If Your Kid’s a Klutz or Clumsy
  For some children, it's obvious by the time they're in kindergarten that they'll probably never play tennis on the center court at Wimbledon or take the field at Yankee Stadium. Child development professionals describe these ...
• Help! I’m in the Wrong College!
  In September, you left for college with a car full of your belongings and a head full of excited anticipation, hopes, and dreams. Having spent much of your high school senior year choosing colleges, applying ...
• Aggressive Children
  There are times when even the most docile children appear to have the aggressive tendencies of a professional wrestler. While a certain amount of pushing and shoving is to be expected from all children, especially ...
• Learning To Be All That You Can Be
  “You know what I never want to hear again? That I have great potential. It just feels like so much pressure.” Elly, the student sitting across from me in my office, is visibly upset. I've ...
• The Scheduled Child
  Each fall when our kids were young, my husband and I would make an elaborate grid with each kid’s name (there are four of them) going down the left side and the days of the ...
• More School Help, Less Homework
  This article is an editorial based upon the author's experience. I’ve been reading with great interest the current debate about the usefulness of homework. As with most debates, the issues have become polarized and both sides ...
• Tips for Successful College Internships
  Students: Thinking about doing an internship this year? Cool! Internships are a great way to see your chosen field up close and personal. They often introduce people to both plusses and minuses in the work ...
• Symptoms of Selective Mutism
  Selective mutism is a rare type of anxiety disorder whose main distinguishing characteristic is the persistent failure to speak in specific social situations (e.g., at school, or with playmates) where speaking is expected, despite ...
• Dealing with That Roommate
  You know the one: That roommate; the one whose roomie can’t stand her; the one the whole floor talks about. That roommate has the reputation for being impossible, spoiled, demanding, self-centered, or just too weird. ...
• Making the Most of Your Freshman Year of College
  It’s almost time. You’ve been to freshman orientation. You’ve contacted your new roommate on Facebook. You’ve decided who will bring the TV, who will bring the mini-fridge. You’ve begun to pack. You’ve started the round ...
• How Time Management Can Work For You
  We all have 24 hours in the day, but some of us feel we have no time while others seem to get everything done and still have time for fun and relaxation. Poor time management can ...
• Keeping the College Application Process Sane
  A friend sent me a column from an April Martha’s Vineyard Times. The author is responding to an article published here at PsychCentral in which I tried to reassure high school seniors that the ...
• Bipolar and Starting College or Work
  The main goal of transition planning is the same for all students, regardless of their abilities or goals: preparation for the world of work. For most students, high school graduation marks a jumping-off point: some ...
• The Summer Before College
  You’d think I’d know what to expect! The child graduating from high school in a couple of short weeks is the fourth to launch. But somehow the arrival of graduation day still takes me surprise. ...
• Tips to Beat Procrastination
  Procrastination is a habit that can be quite harmless, as some people thrive on the stress of putting things off until deadline. But procrastination can be a serious problem if it throws the important matters ...
• Dyslexia: Improving Reading and Writing Skills
  How can a person improve their reading and writing skills when they have dyslexia? The following tips may be of help: Try using a computer when you write things. Programs such as Microsoft Word fix spelling ...
• Graduation Blues
  I have a recurring dream (this has been going on for many, many years now) that I am at my high school trying to get to my class. I cannot find my class, and I ...
• If Your Child Has Problems, It May Due to Lack of Sleep
  If your child has frequent health or emotional problems, consider that a lack of sleep may be all or at least part of the problem. Every function in the body is affected by sleep. And ...
• Tips for Talking to Students About a School Shooting
  During the tragedy of a school shooting, many times people are uncertain what to say or how to react to teens and young adults when faced with the enormity of the situation. People are dead. ...