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Anxiety and Your Child

November 25, 2020Parenting, Sensory Processing, Trauma and Stress

The list can go on and on…..

Clinging to you wherever you go
Crying for no reason
Tantrums when you separate
Excessive shyness even with family members
Avoiding social situations
Constantly worrying about everything
Avoiding situations or places because of fears
Complaining of frequent stomachaches or headaches
Experiencing sudden and frequent panic attacks

Have you seen these behaviors in your child or teen? If you have, you are not ALONE! These behaviors that you are seeing can all be stemming from anxiety in your child.
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Ways to Help Limit Screen Time Use The Summer After COVID

June 28, 2020Parenting

If you have been immersed in all things screens since COVID-19 began, and it has not only crept into your life but feels like it has taken over in ways that don’t necessarily feel good, you are not alone!

With the rate of technology at our fingertips and the need for distance learning, working from home, zoom calls, and meetups, we are using screens at an alarming rate. The key is finding a balance between screen time and non-screen time over the summer to regain some sense of normalcy and emotional regulation over the “happy chemicals” that are being released when we are only in front of the screen.

Summer – A Good Time to Unplug! How Much Screen Time Your Child Has Really Can Affect Their Brains

June 28, 2020Parenting

Have you ever seen in others or felt for yourself an extraordinary amount of moodiness? Restlessness? A more significant inability (than average) to focus on tasks that require concentration? Overly emotional feelings or outbursts? Impulsive and fidgety?

Yes, these symptoms describe those of us during a period of stress. They can also specify what a child or teen may be experiencing after several consecutive in front of a screen, either watching tv, doing school work on the computer, or playing video games on an iPad or phone.
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9 Time-Management Tips for Frazzled Parents Working from Home

June 23, 2020Parenting

For the most part, your day has very little spare time in it. But when we begin to add your job and parenting and now housework or cleaning, food shopping, and ‘distance’ teaching your kids their academic lessons, it can be overwhelming and make the most organized, put-together person lose their minds! So in this time of craziness, when so much more is being put on your shoulders, here are a few tips that may help keep you a little saner. And who knows you may create a habit in the house that sticks!