Bullying of Muslim Youth – FYI Report
By Madiha Tahseen, Ph.D., Sameera Ahmed, Ph.D., and Sawssan Ahmed, Ph.D. Due to an increasingly divisive socio-political climate, bullying of American Muslim children and adolescents is on the rise and occurs across various contexts within their lives. The pervasiveness of bullying places American Muslim children at risk for poor mental health and development and increased […]
Validating Children in Stepfamilies
A Better Look at Teen Self-Harm (infographic)
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The Benefits of Play
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Playing with Your Child: Games for Connection and Emotional Intelligence
Children need to play. It’s their work. All mammals play; it’s their way of learning skills they’ll need when they’re full-grown, from finding food to getting along with others. It’s also the way small humans process their emotions. All day, every day, children have to manage complicated feelings: Fear (What if there IS something under […]
How to Boost Your Body Confidence (infographic)
Want to boost your body confidence? It starts with re-examining your beliefs about your self-image. Click here to see the full infographic from Happify.com
How to tell kids about divorce: An age-by-age guide
Two thoughtful parents once sat their preschooler down to tell him about their upcoming divorce. Carefully and gently, they told him that Mommy and Daddy were going to stop living together and would now live in different houses, but he would still see both of them regularly. They finished with the most important point of […]
Co-Parenting with your Ex
Dr. Patricia Papernow discusses the difficulties remarried parents experience when caught between their children whom they love and their new spouse. Dr. Papernow is a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA, where she divides her time between clinical practice, supervision, and training. As a clinician, Dr. Papernow works primarily in the Internal Family Systems […]
Have you had the social media “talk”?
You’ve established rules for your tween for when he or she’s at home, school or a friend’s house, but you also need to set clear rules for when your child is online. If you haven’t yet, don’t worry. But do take the time to jot down the guidelines your tween must follow for when he or she […]
How to deal with family members who stress you out
After the holidays, I see a lot of people recovering from spending too much time with their families. Before the holidays, they mistakenly thought to themselves, “This year will be different; this year we’ll have a nice time together.” But then it’s never different. The time they spent with their families was like walking on […]
Myths and Facts about Suicide
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E-Cigarettes shaped like USB Flash Drives
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