Relatively speaking, cyberbullying is a new phenomenon. Bullying, however, has been around since the beginning of time. It refers to the tendency some people have to intimidate, harass, stalk, control and sometimes harm other individuals, using a number of methods and tools. Because of the added convenience of anonymity, the Internet is ideally suited … [Read more...]
How to Tell if Your Child is Addicted to Their iPhone
Is your teen or tween addicted to their iPhone? Here are 14 ways to tell. First, the addiction isn’t necessarily with the phone, it is with the incoming/outgoing, constant communications and engagement in a cyber world that the phone creates. Because the phone is mobile, they always have it with them. I call it “phone addiction” because I have seen what happens when the … [Read more...]
Academics and ADHD: Tips for Helping Your Child Succeed
Helping Kids with ADHD Win in School We all want our kids to succeed in life and the road to success often begins in childhood. We want our children to enjoy learning and excel in their studies. If your child has been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, or ADHD, school may prove particularly difficult due to concentration issues, impulsivity and hyperactivity, to name a … [Read more...]
Are We Raising the Entitled Generation?
Entitlement. I use that word a lot. I hear that word a lot. I see the consequences of an entitled attitude everywhere I go. Kids today are spoiled. Maybe kids have always been spoiled and the only difference is, I am on the parenting side of the issue. Now being on the parenting side of the entitlement issue, I am constantly walking a fine line between doing what I know … [Read more...]