For parents, even the little white lies that children sometimes tell - e.g., claiming to have completed their homework when they haven't or to have not eaten a treat they clearly took without permission - can feel worrying and frustrating. Parents are, after all, entrusted with the intimidating responsibility of raising children with well-developed morals, so even minor hints ...
While most of the issues adopted children face while growing up differ little from the challenges experienced by non-adopted children, arising from individual temperament and the hurdles endemic to growth and development, some adopted children also experience difficulties which relate directly to the fact that they are adopted. Sometimes these problems are relatively mild or temporary, the result of the ...
For the parents of overweight children, every day is a balancing act; on one hand, there is the natural desire to show one's child unconditional love and acceptance - no matter his size - and on the other hand, there is the knowledge that obesity carries with it serious health risks and cannot be simply left untreated. There are emotional ...
As a psychologist living and working in Toronto, where 51% of residents were born outside Canada, I deal with immigration related psychological issues on a daily basis. As an immigrant who came to Canada with a young child over 30 years ago, I can certainly relate to challenges facing immigrant parents and their children. I hope this article will help parents understand ...
Politics has always been a controversial topic, but rarely has our political climate been as divisive as it is right ...
Every child differs in his/her developmental capacity and pace. Some children learn to speak earlier than others. Some learn ...
So here you are. Your child has done something wrong or hasn’t done something they should have done. In ...
If your child is struggling behaviourally or academically, his school may recommend that he take what is known as a psycho-educational (“psy-ed”) assessment - or you may wish to seek such an assessment independently. This comprehensive evaluation is designed to measure a child’s cognitive processing abilities (including logical reasoning, memory, attention, and executive functioning), his current level of academic ...
Too often, the emotional side of giftedness is overlooked; for all that we laud the intellectual complexity of giftedness, seldom do we contemplate—let alone praise—the emotional depth and complexity that accompanies it. The added emotional complexity of gifted children manifests in many different ways. It cannot be said that gifted children simply feel “more” than their non-gifted counterparts; ...
Anxiety disorders are found in children much more often than many people realize; ten to twenty percent of all children will suffer the symptoms of a full-fledged anxiety disorder prior to the age of 18, making this the most common mental health issue in young people. It's often overlooked, however, as it's difficult for parents to ascertain the difference between the ...
Every child differs in his/her developmental capacity and pace. Some children learn to speak earlier than others. Some learn to walk earlier than others. However, there are some milestones which should be reached by every child by a specific age. If babies fail to talk or walk by a certain age, there may be a problem. When a child ...
