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Coping With Children’s Worries

Friday, November 13th, 2009

"But Mommy, there's a boogie monster that lives in my closet!!" Many parents of preschoolers struggle with their children's fears of real and ...

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Team Sports May Be Detrimental

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

For decades, parents have encouraged their children to participate in team sports. Parents believed the experience of associating with peers toward ...

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Virtual Game Therapy Helps Child Victims

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

For some children, going to school is a terrifying event as they are victimized and bullied during the course of ...

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Autism Research Update

Monday, November 9th, 2009

A recent meeting by The Autism Consortium gave scientists, clinicians, advocates and parents an opportunity to share the latest information on causes of ...

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Helicopter Parenting Wrong for All Cultures

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Parenting is an incredibly rewarding albeit frequently challenging experience. Unfortunately issues from ‘over-parenting’ -- where parents dominate their children’s ...

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The controversy over educational programming for very young children may have reached a crescendo when the Walt Disney Company decided to refund products they had been advertising as brain boosters. According to some, the ...

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