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Following up on last week’s discussion of “screen addictions, I had an informative conversation with young Jake, a recently turned 9 year old. Schooling me on how screen usage goes in his house, Jake offered me a few pointers. “My […]
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Is it OK for 7 or 8 year-olds to have their own phone? At the risk of sounding like an old-head, when I see kids younger than high school in possession of phones I notice myself questioning it. Recently, a […]
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Every week I hear an array of concerns regarding distractibility and inattentiveness. Beyond the immediate assumption that the child has ADHD/ADD (in other words a neurological disorder), I do my best to broaden the narrative and review other factors to […]
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Most adults of a certain generation (let’s say north of 50 years) typically shake their collective head in bewilderment over children and the way they conduct themselves. There’s always an undercurrent of, “What’s the matter with kids these days?” I’ve […]
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Most struggling children that I know have what I have refer to as a “soup pot of variables” interacting to a greater or lesser degree depending upon a variety circumstances. You know what I mean with the “soup pot.” In […]