Your teen is moody. He’s not doing well in school. He wants to be left alone. Does he have a learning disability? Depression? Or maybe he’s just a normal teen?
Pinpointing a diagnosis of psychiatric and behavioral problems in teens can be tricky, even for experts in mental health. The human brain is still developing during adolescence, and as any parent of a teen can attest, mood and behavior can fluctuate wildly at this age. [continue reading…]
In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown was never able to kick the football, fly a kite properly or lead a baseball team. He was also sad and often the target of ridicule from his peers. A new Canadian study looking at the connections between athletic skill and social acceptance among school children confirms that Chuck’s problems were true to life: kids place a great deal of value on athletic ability, and youngsters deemed unskilled by their peers often experience sadness, isolation and social rejection at school. [continue reading…]
A closer look at the way parents interact with children may provide clues to mistreatment of kids and pave the way for potential interventions to prevent the problem. [continue reading…]
“Our son, 5, is in his second year in primary school and is not happy. He quickly became reluctant to attend school last year, and this has not improved. From the start he would sob, scream and kick to avoid getting in the car and going in the school gate” Read this article from The Times
Source: The Times, October 15,2007
