From 2007 to 2015 research on emergency room visits due to attempted suicides in teenagers has shown that it has doubled in those 7 years. Those of us who deal with teenagers in schools and clinics have become intensely aware of the increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression in our teenagers. Much of this […]
Does Your Child Feel a Valuable Connection to the Family?
A Wall Street Journal article reports that the CDC confirms that youth suicide rates have increased 56% in a decade. Statistics can be alarming but the horrific reality of a child’s suicide can overwhelm us with sadness and questions about why such a thing happened. The article goes on to say that the probable underlying […]
12 Tips for Raising Confident Kids
As we know from infancy till adulthood children grow and develop rapidly. Their brains are developing in structure and capacity in profound and complex ways. Parents strive to encourage their children to become capable to achieve their developmental tasks particularly at young ages. However, as they encounter the outside world they find that what they […]
