How 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 MoreStory and Writing Game for Kids–a Great COVID Game
Get Ready for the STORY &WRITING GAME FOR KIDS AND YOU WILL BE AN AUTHOR! GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: One or more writers and readers can play at once. The most important instruction is that no one is allowed to criticize, blame, or judge anyone’s writing or reading. If you want a rule to be followed better…
Read MoreManaging Exhaustion in Children and Teens The Parental Intelligence Way
Exhaustion is a common problem parents face in kids of all ages. The Parental Intelligence Way helps busy parents reach solutions collaborating with their kids. How do you define Exhaustion? Exhaustion is defined as extreme mental of physical fatigue, a form of depletion of resources. It results from being drained of energy or vitality; a…
Read MoreYour Baby’s Third Month: Repetition and Novelty
What Do the Researchers Have to Say about Your Three-Month-Old? When you hold yo ur three-month-old in your supportive arms, you may be so delighted that you begin to talk in motherese, the simplified and repetitive type of speech that uses exaggerated, generally somewhat high-pitched intonation and rhythm. By this age, your baby may respond…
Read MoreAngry Kids and the At-Home Working Parents Who Love Them.
Does your child’s alarm clock turn a wakeup call into a moody battle because he doesn’t see the point when he’s not going to school or camp due to COVID restrictions? Does your teen drop all his clothes on the floor, so you can’t walk through his room? Or, do you feel like your teen…
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 MoreSummertime Challenges for Families During the Pandemic
What challenges are families facing this summer that are different from the ones they are used to? Kids of different ages are accustomed to outdoor summer activities with lots of other kids. But general and specialized camps are closed this summer because it’s not safe for groups of kids to gather or for their counselors.…
Read MoreTips for Families to Integrate Technology at Home in a Healthy Way During the Pandemic
Technology is being used more often during the pandemic by kids and and their parents to become educated, connect with others, enjoy online activities, take courses, build computer skills, educate kids and increase at home adult work. How do parents work with their kids in a collaborative way to use this opportunity for healthy online…
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