Everybody has something unpleasant in their childhoods that left a scar or two. Those who encountered deep trauma in childhood know a completely different kind of suffering, though. As Psychology Today reported, childhood trauma can even leave the person vulnerable to an increased risk for a variety of conditions such as PTSD, obesity, and depression.
As people who were traumatized as children go through their lives, the pain can seem insurmountable.…
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Every child is going to have problems managing their anger, even if they do not have disordered thinking. In both situations, it’s important to understand how to handle the anger as a parent. Here are four tips for this:
​Realize You Can’t Control Your Child’s Emotions: First off, you should come to the realization that you can’t control your child’s emotions. If your child is angry about something, it’s probably for a valid reason.…
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If the word ‘cutting’ means skipping school to you, you may be surprised to learn what cutting means to today’s teens and how many are doing it. Today, cutting means nonsuicidal self-harming, and nearly one in every five teen girls aged 14 and 15 is doing it. Cutting is difficult to understand, particularly for parents and other family members of the teens who do it, but understanding why teens are cutting themselves is the first step in helping them.…
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