Does Television Violence Affect Children?

Hollywood doesn't want to admit it, but numerous studies have shown that children become more aggressive, angry and even sometimes violent when they are exposed to television violence and the results are seen almost immediately. Children's minds are very impressionable and they learn by modeling the behaviors of those around them. Think of a baby learning to talk. The baby learns to talk by copying first sounds, then words and phrases and finally... [Read More...]

Anger in Children: When is it a Problem?

Anger is a normal emotion that every happy healthy adult and child has to deal with from time to time. When does expressing anger become a problem? Children go through different stages with their age that affect the way they deal with anger. Anger is usually not a root emotion, but a term that may cover feelings ranging from embarrassment, frustration, loneliness to guilt. A newborn baby expresses their "anger" or frustration over being hungry, tired... [Read More...]

The Sneaky Way to Discipline That Provides Loads of Benefits

By Erin A. Kurt "You can be patient and wait for me to end my conversation or you can continue and then be put in time-out for 10 minutes. What is your choice?" When we discipline, why should we pose a choices question like this? By doing this we achieve so many things. The benefits are like a positive Catch 22. Because we do this, that happens, and because that happens, this other positive benefit arises, and so on. One benefit to doing this is that... [Read More...]