The 5-Minute Daily Playtime Ritual That Can Get Your Kids to Listen Better
Sometimes kids listen to the instructions — and sometimes they don’t. And when they don’t, that can be very frustrating for parents. Read more ›
Resources Tagged With: behavior
Sleep in Middle and High School Students
Children and adolescents who do not get enough sleep have a higher risk for many health and behavior problems. Learn how much sleep students need and how many are not getting it. Read more ›
School Struggles and Your Child: Expert Tips
It’s natural for all students to struggle some in school. But if your child is consistently facing the same issues, it’s worth looking for ways to help him or her. Read more ›
Talking To Kids About Fear And Violence
Acts of violence in schools and other public places have stunned the nation. Knowing how to talk with your child about violence will play an important role in easing fear and anxieties about their personal safety in these tenuous times as well as helping them to manage rising concerns. Read more ›
Behavior or Conduct Problems in Children
Children sometimes argue, are aggressive, or act angry or defiant around adults. A behavior disorder may be diagnosed when these disruptive behaviors are uncommon for the child’s age at the time, persist over time, or are severe. Read more ›
Is Your Child Lonely?
Over two-thirds of the 11-17 year olds surveyed by Mental Health America felt stressed out about loneliness. Read more ›
What is Parent Coaching? Do I Need It?
by Pardis Khosravi, PsyD, Clinical Director and Licensed Psychologist at CHC
Let’s face it: parenting is hard. As a parent or caregiver, your goal is to raise your children to be healthy, happy, successful adults, but the road to get there is filled with twists and turns. It’s hard to know if you are making the right choices along the way, and the path may look different for each child. Read more ›
The Autism/ADHD Podcast [web resource]
Children with ADHD and Autism often require a different approach. In the Autism/ADHD podcast series, behavior expert Holly Blanc Moses shares her strategies to help children diagnosed with autism and ADHD effectively improve their behavior, emotional health, social skills, and academic performance. Read more ›
What Is Children’s Mental Health?
Being mentally healthy during childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones and learning healthy social skills and how to cope when there are problems. Mentally healthy children have a positive quality of life and can function well at home, in school, and in their communities. Read more ›
Children in Remote School Faced More Sleep, Behavior and Social Challenges
Millions of children spent months, even more than a year, attending school virtually from kitchen tables, bedrooms and laptops during the pandemic.
And this shift to computer-based learning may have led to negative consequences for younger kids, suggests a new Michigan Medicine study of a sample of families in Michigan. Read more ›
