Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
Children Observe Parents Carefully for Signposts About Our World
Children take the business of growing up seriously these days. Faced with the restrictions of COVID resulting in limited social contacts, they may often feel unheard and alone. They hear about vaccinations coming, but they’re hardly first on the list. Neither are their parents. And their grandparents keep waiting for more vaccines to arrive at…
Read MoreSigns or Symptoms Disguised as Anxiety
What are some specific signs/symptoms people might confuse for anxiety but are not symptoms of a disorder? These can be anything from normal feelings of worry, to signs of other mental health conditions that may be confused for anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is an emotional and biological condition that is mimicked by other symptoms such as…
Read MoreReducing Election Anxiety in American Families
During turbulent times, a national election stirs anxiety due to intense preoccupation about the health and welfare of all the people in our nation—adults and children. To allay this anxiety in adults taking active steps to participate in the election reduces a sense of helplessness held by individuals facing the spiraling of COVID 19 and…
Read MoreKing Lear, the Narcissist
“King Lear” was remarkably performed Saturday night, Oct. 17 by talented equity actors. Shown on YouTube and Showtime it was a successful effort by unusually expressive actors who brought the play alive in an outstanding moving, dramatic portrayal of Shakespeare’s finest roles. Actors from all over the United States came together using Zoom to present…
Read MoreThe Idea of Goodness
Goodness is a quality that is hard to define yet is especially important during this time when the welfare of all of us is at stake. It’s a time when we need to aim at knowledge of our situation and in the quest of developing a clear conceptualization of possibilities and options that can lead…
Read MoreHow to Help Others with Anxiety and Worry
Helping a Friend with Social Anxiety A friend who confides in you that she has social anxiety is indeed a good friend because she trusts you with her worries. Reassuring her that you will be with her on social occasions when that’s appropriate and possible would be a great support. Also, asking her what worries…
Read MoreHow Does the Parental Intelligence Way Effectively Help Cope with Cyberbullying?
What is Cyberbullying and What are its Effects? Bullying is a form of aggressive harassment that is unprovoked and repeatedly directed toward another individual or group of individuals. There is always a power differential. Additionally, bullying may inflict harm on the targeted youth—including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm. These are several characteristics of bullying:…
Read MoreParenting Tips on Managing Technology For Children and Teens
: What are the Advantages for Millenials (1977-1997) who are Active Technology Users? They are interactive users, global communicators, not passive TV watchers They are the new authorities, teaching their parents how to use the web and as a result are respected and more engaged with adults creating a more open, consensual, effective family unit.…
Read MoreKids Living with a Narcissistic Parent Face New Challenges During the Pandemic
Happy play time filled with discovery and exploration rather than scheduled camps during the Pandemic may be difficult to carry out if a child is faced with a self-centered, self-absorbed, highly controlling, self-involved, unempathic parent who places his expectations and needs ahead of his kids ALL the time. In some households kids who have been…
Read MoreNarcissist vs. Sociopath vs. Psychopath: What’s the Difference?
In long and short-term relationships, in the workplace, and in society at large today there is increasing concern about the terms narcissist, sociopath, and psychopath. Each are distinctive disorders significant not only to parents raising children who do not want their kids to grow up to have these personality disorders as adults but also to…
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