When I was little, my mother used to say “I talk to the trees but they don’t listen to me,” a reference to a song Clint Eastwood sang in Paint Your Wagon and to my choice to not listen to her. Do you ever feel like that with your kids? I most certainly do. Some…
“Look into my eyes…” What do you think of when you hear that? A gypsy fortune teller? The traveling apothecary salesman from “The Wizard of Oz”? Patrick Jane, the main character of the hit show “The Mentalist”? Richard Barker is a professional stage and clinical hypnotist. He performs on stage across the country, amazing audiences…
What’s your biggest fear? Losing your job? Getting divorced? That flight back home the holidays? When the major stress of life hits, what is your first reaction? Anger? Fear? Withdraw? Escape? If you really sit down and think through what’s happening, do you have a dialog in your head that plays out? Charles H. Elliott…
It’s tough enough for kids to forge lasting friendships. Couple that with having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and it can be even more challenging. A recent small study published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology finds many children with ADHD can be rejected by peers within even just one day of contact. “ADHD…
Whether you or someone in your family have insomnia, Restless Leg Syndrome, stress, anxiety, fibromyalgia, ADHD, autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or you just like to feel cuddly, Cozy Calm blankets can help you sleep. They can also help calm your children too! In a special patented design, these weighted blankets feel like a “long…
(MIDDLETOWN, CT)- via Press Release – There is always a trendy way to explain a child’s misbehavior. The popular diagnosis today is bipolar disorder. Clinical Psychologist Dr. Robert Reynolds of Connecticut Educational Services in Middletown cautions that a quick jump to a bipolar diagnosis may exclude a more likely explanation for a child’s behavior such…
(MIDDLETOWN, CT)- July 28, 2010- If your spouse perpetually forgets to pay the bills, loses focus when you’re speaking or neglects household chores, there may be a legitimate explanation: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Your other half’s behavior may have previously been considered lazy, inattentive or forgetful. However, it may be the result of a legitimate…
You read in the news almost daily, and hear on the radio and television, about children who are involved in violent crimes and dealing and doing drugs. What is it that makes the young ones of today turn to a life of crime, and face the possibility of long terms in jail or even death?…
One of the most common problems in school classrooms these days is a disruptive student. It is hard to hold lessons and have students learn when someone is yelling and walking around and disrupting the environment. A common source of this problem is a child who has ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder.
One of the most common problems in school classrooms these days is a disruptive student. It is hard to hold lessons and have students learn when someone is yelling and walking around and disrupting the environment. A common source of this problem is a child who has ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder. Today’s FamSite is…