Parenting
Ever
wish kids came with instruction booklets? Being a parent is a
tough job. You can breathe easier knowing that Lifespan hospitals offer a
wealth of information and resources to make that job a little bit easier.
Here's some information from the pros:
Areas:
Parenting Advice
The Three Styles of Parenting
Common parenting styles and which kinds of children benefit from
each.
Raising Resilient Children
Raising children in today's world can be exciting, terrifying, rewarding
and disappointing—all at the same time.
Chores Teach Responsibility
"The value of chores," explains Bradley Hospital’s Rowland Barrett, PhD, chief psychologist, "is in the lessons learned from accomplishing them."
Dealing with Childhood Fears
Child specialists at Bradley offer information to help you better understand your child's fears.
Reading Tips
Learn the benefits of reading for children of all ages.
Telling Your Children They Are Adopted
The adoption discussion does not need to be a disruptive or upsetting event.
Raising Daughters
Parenting Tips
These six tips for parenting daughters are just as valid for sons.
Growing Up Female in America
Women can have it all—both the breaks and the breakdowns—and it starts in childhood.
Bikini Season—Yikes!
There is no denying that there is a societal pressure to be thin. Help your daughter feel comfortable in her own skin.
Eating disorders
Hurting to be Perfect: Risks of Poor Body-Image
Many feel the pressure to attain an unrealistic body ideal. This can be damaging to adolescents and can lead to eating disorders or risk behaviors.
Children and Social Interaction
Kids and Friendships
Developing friendships are important to a child's happiness. Here are some ways you can help.
Helping a Shy Child
Some children have more difficulty in social situations. Bradley early child development specialist Ronald Seifer, PhD, has advice.
School Topics
Articles for Beating the School Blues
Tips for stress-free mornings, after-school safety and homework
without tears.
When Should Your Child Miss School?
Stuffy noses and stomachaches are not always good reasons to keep
a child home from school.
How to Help Boys Succeed in School Again
Boys are falling behind in school across the nation. Find out why and how to help.
Teenagers: The Stress of Growing Up
Risky Business: Understanding Teenage Risk Behaviors
Information to guide parents to help their children make good decisions, and also, to understand why sometimes they won’t.
Hurting to be Perfect: Risks of Poor Body-Image
Many feel the pressure to attain an unrealistic body ideal. This can be damaging to adolescents and can lead to eating disorders or risk behaviors.
Adolescents and Self-Cutting
Learn from an expert why teens deliberately hurt themselves.
Teens and Stress
Stress factors, signs of overload and tips on how to manage the mayhem.
The Facts of Life
Parents can help their teens make responsible decisions about sex and their bodies.
Teens: Breakfast Skipping and Fast Food Eating
As teens enter adulthood they are more likely to skip breakfast and consume more fast food, and that both behaviors increase the risk of weight gain.
Protecting Children from and Talking About Violence
Teach Your Children Non-Violence
Will every new school year be dangerous? How to teach our kids nonviolence.
Is TV Going Too Far?
While the TV rating system may provide some assurance to parents,
the fact is, there is more violence on the tube than ever.
Violence and Video Games
Has the content of video games gone too far? How to keep the violent
games out of your children's hands.
Beating Bullies
Bully advice for parents and teachers from Bradley psychologist Steven Barreto, PhD.
Domestic Violence and Kids
What your kids see can hurt them. Learn about the effects of domestic abuse on children.
Protect Your Kids in Cyberspace
It's a parent's worst nightmare—a predator is stalking your child in the privacy of your own home.
Children, Teens and Strangers
Here are some simple steps parents can take and how and what to teach kids in order to avoid dangerous situations. Plus, how to protect your kids online.
Talking with Kids about Traumatic Events
Bradley Hospital experts present these suggestions to help kids cope with and manage difficult events. Plus, how to talk to kids about personal tragedy.
Disorders and Medication
Kids and Medication Studies
Bradley Hospital medical director Gergory Fritz, MD, discusses things parents should consider before signing up for a medication study.
Helping Hyperactive Kids
Frustrated families may wonder: Is it just misbehavior or could it be attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Kids and OCD
When to be concerned about your child's worrying.
Dangerous Eating Behaviors
Sometimes, severe preoccupations with one's body image can result in serious issues like anorexia and bulimia, or body dysmorphic disorder.
Kids and Eating Disorders
Anorexia nervosa is the third most common chronic condition among adolescent girls.
Adolescents and Self-Cutting
Learn from an expert why teens deliberately hurt themselves.
Child Molestation
The Truth About Child Molestation
Protect your children from possible victimization.
Other Links
How Tall Will Your Kids Be?
Experiment with this online child height predictor.
How Safe Are Energy Drinks?
The potential side effects of energy drinks should lead parents to give them a second thought.
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