Category: Raising Teens

How To Help Your Child Build Self Esteem

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Self esteem is vitally important in building a healthy personality. In fact, instilling self esteem early can eliminate a number of personality problems later in life. Poor self esteem can lead children to bully others in an effort to feel stronger or more important. It can also lead to a kind of blind arrogance where a person is so insecure ...

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Psychological Effects of Fitness and Exercise

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Everyone has the biological keys for psychological well-being within them. It may come as a surprise that having a positive mental outlook depends on a certain chemical produced by your body. This chemical is called serotonin and it keeps our mood under control by calming anxiety, relieving depression, and helping with sleep. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter responsible for ...

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How to choose a career path that is right for You

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Selecting a career path that is both effective and satisfying is one of the most important decisions a person makes in their entire life. However, young people are facing this choice at a time when their self-understanding and awareness of the world of work is very meagre. In the best-case scenario, adolescents discuss these issues with their parents who can ...

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On Giftedness and Creativity

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Many parents come to us to conduct giftedness assessments (IQ test) for their children. Statistically, only a small percentage of children undergoing gifted testing qualify for placement in gifted programs, yet many others show very good results that position them quite high in terms of creativity potential. We provide all parents with personalized recommendations on extracurricular and enrichment choices in ...

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How to Help Your Child Stop Lying

For parents, even the little white lies that children sometimes tell - e.g., claiming to have completed their homework ...

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Should You Consider Seeking a Psychoeducational Assessment for Your Child?

If your child is struggling behaviourally or academically, his school may recommend that he take what is known as a ...

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How to Raise Children with Independent Views and a Critical Mind

Over the last two decades, ideological polarization has become a prominent threat to democracy, education, and society as a whole. ...

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