Tips on Step Parenting (Video)

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• Creating Positive Holiday Memories with Your Children!
  Everyone is so busy during this time of year, buying presents, decorating, rushing around here and there. Does this busyness really create positive memories for children? I don’t think so. In this TV interview, I discuss the importance of creating Intrinsic memories for your children. Watch this video clip to learn how to help your child […]
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• Social Anxiety, Social Skills, & Helping Your Child Make Friends
  Parents know just how important school friendships are for their children. Friendships are an important part of everyone’s lives – helping to boost self-esteem, teaching valuable lessons and skills, and providing much needed moral support through what can be some tough years, developmentally. Learning how to form friendships is a vital social skill for kids […]
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• Managing Separation Anxiety: What it is, and how to help your child work through it
  The start of a new school year or a new semester following a winter break can cause a child to feel anxious. In fact, your child could experience what is known as separation anxiety, which is a condition that causes a child or adolescent extreme distress when he is separated from his parents or caregivers. […]
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• Separation Anxiety Disorder: Signs and Symptoms
  Anxiety disorders are one of the most common forms of psychopathology among young people, with prevalence estimates ranging from 5% to 25% worldwide. Of these types of disorders, separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is the most frequently diagnosed early childhood disorder, roughly making up 50% of the referrals for mental health treatment of anxiety disorders. Specifically, […]
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