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Building a Stronger Foundation: Bennett’s Experience with Speech Therapy
My son, Bennett, is a curious, outgoing and energetic five year old. He has a love for “figuring it out” as I like to say, by exploring new things and › Continue Reading The post Building a Stronger...
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Why Kids Are In Love With Their Lovey
Every parent knows what it’s like to lose the lovey. Your child is upset for some reason and the only thing that will help them is the stinky, tattered, faded › Continue Reading The post Why Kids Are...
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My Daughter Has Severe Needle Phobia
Starting with my daughter’s 5-year well child visit, I could see she wasn’t a fan of getting shots. At that appointment, she ran out of the exam room in an › Continue Reading The post My Daughter Has...
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10 Tips For Getting Out of the House With Fewer Tears (Maybe!)
This could easily be a satirical blog post where the author writes “250 Easy Ways to Simplify Your Family’s Morning Routine!” Because, let’s be honest, the morning struggle is real. Getting › Continue...
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Teens and Lack of Sleep: The Impact and What to Do About It
As a whole, adolescents and teens are getting too little sleep. The deficit starts in early adolescence and typically gets worse each year through high school. In fact, about 75-80% › Continue Reading...
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Lying in Younger Kids: Why it Happens and What to Do About It
It’s a common (and sometimes hilarious) scenario: a preschooler walks into the room with chocolate all over her face and claims that she didn’t eat a cookie. While it can › Continue Reading The post...
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Warning Signs of Suicide and Ways to Get Help
Studies suggest that the majority of people who die by suicide give warning signs beforehand, but the signs are not always obvious. We all – as parents, friends, family and › Continue Reading The post...
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Risk Factors for Suicide
As a clinician who has completed psychiatric assessments in the Emergency Department and now teaches suicide prevention, I believe knowing the warning signs of suicide can be helpful for parents ›...
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Steps to Help Kids with ADHD Manage Their Emotional Outbursts
If you have a child with ADHD, she likely experiences strong emotional outbursts as well. This is because kids with ADHD are more prone to be emotionally impulsive, which means › Continue Reading The...
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How to Help A Preschooler Who Begins to Stutter
Stuttering is not an uncommon occurrence in preschoolers. In fact, some researchers suggest that stuttering may occur during development in 5-11% of kids between the ages of 2.5 and 5 › Continue...
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Using Positive Praise to Inspire Behavioral Change
Praising kids comes easily for most parents. We want them to feel good about themselves and what they’re doing, so we tell them they’ve done a great job. The only › Continue Reading The post Using...
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How Important Are Baby Teeth?
Parents frequently ask me how important baby teeth are. After all, they just fall out and are replaced with another set. I often respond with a one-word answer: vital. Baby › Continue Reading The post...
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Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession with Healthy Foods
WHAT IS ORTHOREXIA? Orthorexia is an obsessive focus on healthy eating. In many cases, a change to the diet can be considered positive. However, some eating behaviors can quickly become › Continue...
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Taking Care of Your Family’s Mental Health During COVID-19
Many of our patients face an increased risk from the broad impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). Because of this, we are providing our families with the following tips and strategies to › Continue Reading...
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Teaching Kids CBT Coping Tools During COVID-19
Taking care of your family’s mental health is just as important as taking care of their physical health. During this time of stress and uncertainty related to COVID-19, now is › Continue Reading The...
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COVID-19 & Kids: Identifying Mental Health Problems and Getting Help
We’ve been sheltering-in-place and managing our lives around the new coronavirus, COVID-19, for quite some time now. As a child psychologist, I figured that eventually our mental health would be ›...
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Help Identifying Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Kids
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is one of those conditions that is often mislabeled. ODD is a behavior disorder characterized by uncooperative, defiant, negativistic, and annoying behaviors towards...
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Easing Back-to-School Jitters After A Long Summer
Parents and kids alike have a lot of mixed emotions about the impending school year. And while it’s typical for everyone to be a little nervous about getting back to › Continue Reading The post Easing...
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