Source: freepik.com “It takes a nation” – that was the main theme of the 2017 Mental Illness Conference. Leaders and forerunners in the mental health field were present to discuss ways to improve mental health in the country. The problems regarding underfunding and healthcare not reaching the rural areas and the underprivileged were also emphasized.…
TV commercials are populated with junk foods and fast foods with little to no nutritional value. This constant viewing of advertisements increases the chance that children will beg their parents to buy these types of foods. Children who spend a lot of time watching television or surfing online are more likely to eat more, regardless if they are hungry or not. For parents, it is quite alarming because of the risks it may bring to their child’s health.
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Parents are Sherlock Holmes in finding out children’s intelligence, gifts, and talents, not the school. They can take the role by acknowledging their child’s smallest abilities, asking other significant people who have close contact with their child, asking their child’s likes and dislikes, and finally, allowing their child to experiment by letting them explore things by their own. Of course, parents must be present on the days when their child is having his/her first-time experience with something. Being a talent detective will allow the parents to discover more hidden talents that they did not imagine that their child can do.
“Ideally, you as a parent can help your child find their way into a variety of interests that can potentially become a passion. If you see their eyes light up when doing a specific activity, then there’s a chance they may have found one, and now it’s time to develop it,” says Wendy Rice, PsyD.
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Parenting has its ups and downs; either way, situations about childcare can affect a couple’s relationship in ways unimaginable, often for good, yet sometimes, for the bad. Having kids is a wonderful addition to the family. However, nobody said how it would be challenging on people’s marriages the moment their children start to…
Quarrels and misunderstanding are inevitable in all relationships. Being tied to one another, seeing each other every day, experiencing stressors in life and with children, could further escalate instances of dispute within a union. The Bad Side Of Conflict Although it is normal between married couples to lose their cool at one…
How do couples rekindle their marriage that is slowly collapsing due to magnanimous responsibilities brought about by parenting? “Kids whose parents’ relationship has cooled are more likely to have behavioral or academic problems than kids of happy couples,” shares Philip Cowan, PhD, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studied families for decades.…
No time, energy, money, and intimacy – these are just some of the elements that are lost or taken for granted the moment a child is born. While it’s a child’s presence that makes a family grow strong, it’s also a cause for disagreement. The Escalation Do you just wake up and realize…
Probably one of the terrifying realizations that parents have to find out about their teens is when they are intentionally hurting themselves through cutting. Sadly, cutting in teens is common these days; experts are calling it self-injury. Scratching or cutting the skin using anything that could make the surface bleed, such as razors…
If you raise a spoiled child, both of you will reap the consequences in the long run.
Parents listen up; spoiling your child is not healthy. If one day you end up asking yourself questions like, “Where did I go wrong?” followed by, “I gave you everything you need and want.” Well, you just answered your question. Love does not mean you have to give your kids everything they want just because they throw tantrums at you or whines every minute of the day.
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When parents mix social media and parents, things tend to get pretty messed up. Admit it, showing pictures and videos of a happy family on social media just to get views and comments can sometimes have ill effects on any or all members of the family.
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