According to eminent psychologist Sigmund Freud, babies are initially driven by instinctive and selfish urges but gradually adapt to a more realistic approach by imbibing their parents’ values and rules. These play a role in the development of the child’s conscience.
One of the most important things that you, as a parent, should work on is understand your child’s psychology. No, you need not get a ‘degree’ in parenting. What you should do, though, is find out about the simple things that tell you what your kid likes or dislikes, what makes...
Monday, December 4, 2017
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Child Psychology Tips To Bring Up Your Children Better.
A child is a gift to its parents and to society at large. Right from the start, a child starts acquiring awareness about its surroundings, and absorbing information. The way in which children perceive events and happenings are quite different from adults. Child psychology is the study of the mind of children and their thought patterns. A child laughs, cries or grows restless for a wide range of reasons. Renowned child psychologist Justin Urbas has some valuable tips related to children’s psychology. Paying heed to these can help parents...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Do we really need meds or is it all in our heads?
Okay, so the medication debate is not as black and white as the title may suggest. It sure is worth having, however, as an article that came out this June in APA’s Monitor on Psychology about the inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication spells out.
Medication can be a game-changer for some people, allowing them to function in ways that they simply could not before being prescribed an appropriate medication. For many others, more than we may guess, medication may not be as necessary or helpful as we are led to believe....
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
5 Foods That Negatively Affect Your Child’s Mood.
Parents intuitively know that food can impact their child’s behavior and mood. We know that sweets, for example, can cause bouts of hyperactivity. But mood-altering food isn’t limited to sugar – there are other culprits in the snacks and meals that we feed our little ones.
Read more: https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/adhd-add/five-foods-negatively-affect-childs-mood...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Neither Music nor Facebook Cause Depression in Teens
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine contacted 106 adolescents up to 60 times via cellphone over 5 weeks to ask about their media use at the time of the call. Forty-six teens had already been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Of the five media activities (television or movies, music, video games, Internet, and print media, such as magazines, newspapers, and books), only listening to music and reading were correlated with depression. In other words, the depressed teens were significantly more likely to be listening...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
8 Ways to Teach Kids Self-Discipline Skills
The ultimate goal of discipline should be for your child to learn self-discipline. Your rules, consequences, and rewards should teach your child how to manage his behavior better.When kids have self-discipline, they're able to make healthy choices for themselves. Whether that means turning off the electronics so they can get their homework done or it means resisting an extra cookie when Mom isn't looking, self-discipline is the key to helping kids become responsible adults. Read more: https://www.verywell.com/teach-kids-self-discipline-skill...
Monday, May 15, 2017
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders :: You’re Not Alone, Mom
I’ve taught Special Education for 9 years now, focusing almost entirely on working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs.) Generally- and very simply- speaking, an emotional/behavioral disorder is a chronic pattern of inappropriate feelings or actions under normal circumstances. For the sake of this post, I’m going to focus on EBDs that manifest through aggressive behaviors.
Emotional and Behavioral disorders don’t gain a lot of attention. These students somehow fall under the umbrella of Special Education, yet just right...
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Justin Urbas - 3 easy ways you should use to reduce anxiety and stress from your child
The symptoms of anxiety are observed commonly among children of all ages. However, these problems seem to be more serious when kids are their adolescence. As per the Child Psychiatrists, almost 10-12% of kids during their school going days suffer from anxiety disorder and in many cases, it affects their personality in future also. Thus, whenever you find that your kids are getting stressed, you should take steps immediately to comfort them. But, the task is challenging to many parents. Here, Justin Urbas, has suggested some tips, which you can...
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Parenting strategies from Justin Urbas to handle kids with ADHD
The signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among kids pose severe challenges to the parents. However, here Justin Urbas presented some parenting techniques, with which you can raise such kids properly. But, before that, know the common challenges that kids with ADHD mostly encounter.
Challenges faced by kids with ADHD:
The kids who have attention deficit issues, face the following problems-
➢Losing track of things they are...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
3 strategies from Justin Urbas to raise a kid with bipolar disorder
Raising up a kid with bipolar disorder often becomes quite difficult for parents. However, studies indicate with the right parenting techniques , one can teach these kids how to move on in life. Below are five tips from Justin Urbas that can help you to manage mood swings of bipolar kids and securing a healthy life for them.
Be regular in activities: The bipolar kids feel depressed in some situations and also can become outrageous in other...
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