How to raise responsible teens

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• Your Child, Anxiety, School Refusal and the Desire to Curl in a Fetal Position
  If you are taking the time to read this post you are probably not having a minor problem with your child being anxious about school. There is a good chance you are having a 5-star wild-horses-can’t-drag-your-child-to-school problem. Anxiety is bad enough but when you throw in school you have an agonizing crisis. If your child is […]
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• Help for Kids Afraid of Throwing Up or Getting Sick: Part 3 Treatment – Safety Behaviors
  In the previous blog, I mentioned treating this fear (emetophobia) was two-fold. First, face the fear. This is called exposure. Second, don’t play it safe. This is called response prevention. This is third in the series on helping kids afraid of throwing up or getting sick and will make more sense if you read part 1 […]
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• Disorders Associated with Anxiety: Eating Disorders
  There is a very real possibility of your child suffering from another psychiatric disorder in addition to her childhood anxiety disorder. With it being National Eating Disorder Awareness Week this week, it seems fitting to discuss the likelihood that your child may be experiencing signs and symptoms of an eating disorder in addition to her […]
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• Can Therapy Dogs Help My Anxious Child?
  The benefits of therapy dogs for children with anxiety: Let’s put the studies aside for a moment and look at some anecdotal evidence for why therapy dogs are important for children with social anxieties or disabilities. One example, from Rachel McPherson’s Every Dog Has a Gift, is of children reading to dogs. Whether your child […]
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