Posts Tagged ‘parenting children’
Excessive Talking: A Guide to Overly Talkative Teens and Children
Learn why your child or teen may talk so much, the types of excessive talking, how to help excessive talkers, and some coping strategies for parents.
Read MoreVicarious Trauma: Recognize and Treat It So Children Can Heal
Learn how to recognize and treat vicarious trauma to help children heal. Our blog provides insights and guidance on this important topic.
Read MoreAsk a Therapist: How Do I Practice Unconditional Acceptance When I Disagree With My Child’s Behavior or Life Choices?
Here’s how you can practice unconditional acceptance for your child, even when you disagree with their choices.
Read MoreParentification: Signs and Symptoms of a Parentified Child
Learn about parentification, including its signs, types, and effects, how reverse parenting can lead to trauma, and how parents can help a parentified child.
Read MoreAsk A Therapist: What Do I Do If My Child Is Getting Bullied Online?
As parents and guardians, bullying looks dramatically different for today’s kids compared to what we may have experienced. For starters, bullying isn’t just present in the school or at the local hangouts anymore — it can now follow our kids wherever they go. Furthermore, cyberbullying allows this threat to extend outside of the child’s peer group to complete strangers. Scott Boice, clinical director…
Read MoreShould You Punish Your Child?
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the way you respond to your child’s behavior can have a lasting effect, shaping how the child thinks, acts, feels, and engages with others long into adulthood. Therefore, it’s imperative that you develop effective strategies to address behaviors and teach them to control their reactions to avoid harm or…
Read MoreHow Can I Help My Friends and Family Who are Fostering?
Foster care is an issue that is dear to us at Embark Behavioral Health because many of our clients have gone through foster care and adoption experiences. We work hard to help them navigate the emotions, the trauma, and the complicated relationships that these experiences bring into their lives. There are over 430,000 children in foster care,…
Read More8 Ways to Manage Anxiety as a Family
There is no shortage of stressors on our families today. A global pandemic, adjusting to working and schooling from home, the grief of losing typical life experiences, plus daily stress from work, finances, and more, are all coming together to create an incredibly anxious moment. Especially as we reintegrate back into social life with the…
Read MoreParental Compassion Fatigue & Your Mental Health: Helping Needn’t Hurt During the Pandemic
Parental compassion fatigue is physical, emotional and spiritual fatigue that takes over a parent and causes decline in his or her ability to experience joy at home or to feel and care for her child and herself.
Read More4 Ways to Support Adoption
Although fewer than 2 percent of the population are adopted, 6 in 10 Americans have been personally touched by adoption. Adoption creates ripples of impact throughout communities and across generations. As we come to the close of National Adoption Month, here are a few ways you can make a difference in the lives of adoptees,…
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