The Absent-Minded Professor
As a psychologist, I often come into contact with children who are very bright but do not seem to be able to show this potential...
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New Year's Resolutions: How Turtles Succeed
If you’re like me and many people that I know, I find myself setting the same New Year’s resolutions year after year...
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A Theory of Emotions: Part Three
My recent articles for this newsletter have focused on a theory of emotions. The basic tenets of this theory are that emotions are a universal and vital human experience...
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But How Can It Work If I Don't Remember It
Try this experiment… Ask a friend to close their eyes and “notice” what happens while you, in a stern voice, say “No” repeatedly...
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To Test Or Not To Test
To test or not to test…this is a question many parents are faced with at some point during their child’s journey through school...
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Sibling Love
Siblings fight. In fact, 2 to 4 year olds will experience about seven to eight disputes per hour. 3 to 9 year old siblings fight just as much, but...
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Coaching Students with Learning Disabilities to Think Actively
3.4 million Canadians have Learning Disabilities. This means that 25 times more people have LDs than Autism Spectrum Disorder, 64 times more people have LDs than prostate cancer...
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Anger: Friend or Foe?
It was a warm, sunny day, a real gift for us snowbound, housebound Canadians, and my daughter and I headed out to hang with family friends for an impromptu lunch...
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Exercise and the AD/HD Brain
I don‟t know if your children‟s school made the same change as my daughters,‟ but this year they have scheduled Phys. Ed. first thing in the morning...
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The Forgiving Habit
As parents we are constantly faced with the difficult and opposing reality of wanting to shield our children from all harm...
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Ladders and Walls in Motherhood
How many times has this happened to you… you are going about your day when all of a sudden your cell phone rings? You pick it up and on the other end...
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Parenting Struggles 101
Most parents struggle when it comes to handling difficult encounters with their kids. There are three major reasons for this...
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Why is Assertiveness Training Important for Kids?
With increased awareness and information provided on bullying in schools, we may be ....
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Why Is Temperament Important for Parents to Understand?
Have you ever wondered why the parenting strategies you use with your children work ....
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