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Please stop letting children play this game! More often than not this comes up in therapy sessions as I see hyper vigilant children. Most parents don’t understand his game and how it influences children. This is a great article to educate yourself.

Does Your Child Have Anxiety From Playing 5 Nights At Freddy's? Recently, I've heard about children who are afraid to go to sleep after playing the video game, 5 Nights at Freddy's. Find out what makes it so scary.

THIS is a beautiful video of how to connect with your child and help them understand their own emotions. This father has this completely figured out. You must watch this!

More on validating feelings!

This Is Why Your Kid’s Not Listening to You - The Gottman Institute Parenting is acknowledging children’s feelings. Not dismissing. Not minimizing. Just acknowledging.

10 Reasons American Teenagers Are More Anxious Than Ever We've created an environment that fosters anxiety rather than resilience.

Many Autistic People Speak Through Echolalia, But What Is It, Exactly? This common characteristic of autism is actually pretty complicated.

Less Harsh Parenting Seen as Beneficial for ADHD Kids New research suggests that parenting styles can influence kids biologically and influence emotional control. Investigators found that less yelling, criticism and other harsh parenting approaches, including physical punishment, has the power to calm children with attention deficit hyperactivity disor...

This Is What An Emotionally Abusive Parent Looks Like, According To Experts Most of us hope that we know what physical child abuse looks like, and how we could detect it. But emotional abuse of children by parents is a problem too, and the signs and symptoms can be a lot more difficult to detect by an outside observer — even…

Great article! What it boils down to, parents, is to provide as much free time as you can for your kids to play. We need to be considerate of NOT overwhelming our children with so many activities. JUST LET THEM PLAY. In hindsight this article also supports Non-directive play therapy as a means of working through anxiety and depression. It's NOT just play! It's SO much more!

The Decline of Play and Rise in Children’s Mental Disorders There’s a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever.

The Importance of Play Therapy featuring Dr. Eliana Gil

Depression in the workplace may look different than how it actually feels. Don't wrongly judge your colleagues as lazy when they may be struggling with mental health issues such as depression

October is National Sensory Awareness Month. Learn more about SPD here >> http://po.st/binDaC

How can I help my family and friends understand my child’s behavior and sensory disorder How can I help my family understand my child’s behavior and sensory disorder If you have a child with sensory issues, Autism, ADHD or a Sensory a Processing Disorder (SPD), you can empathize with the mother at the store whose child is in the middle of a meltdown, or the child at the next table who i...

Some new sand tray miniatures to add to my collection! Can't wait to see how my clients use these in the sand tray.

I believe there is so much truth to this article. This is a must read!

The silent tragedy affecting today’s children “Here is my new blog post. I encourage every parent who cares about the future of his/her children to read it. I know that many would choose not to hear what I say in the article, but your children need you to hear this message. Even if you disagree with my perspective, please,

In honor of our former camper, Michael, who passed away recently, the Kids & Dreams Foundation is proud to announce that we are creating the "Michael Houghton Scholarship Fund" for our Operation Shine Camp! Michael's incredible spirit & awesome smile will live on through these opportunities for other families to be able to send their children to camp to be a part of this life changing experience. To donate in his name & help other children be able to attend camp, please visit www.kidsanddreams.org/donate/. Just put Michael's name in the memo. Together we WILL make a difference!

Stop Gaslighting Your Kids We can teach our children resilience, empathy, and compassion by modeling those behaviors with them. And most importantly, we stop gaslighting them. We stop telling them to buck up. We stop telling them that they are overreacting, being too sensitive, or crying for no reason.

Woman posing as Child Protective Services worker tries to enter homes Four reports from Omaha and one from Holdrege have been received regarding a woman posing as a child protective services employee seeking admission into homes, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

Awesome!

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10 ways kids appear to be acting naughty but actually aren't. Many of kids' so-called "bad" behaviors are actually normal developmental acts of growing up.

Five Decades of Research Confirms: Spanking Produces Similar Outcomes in Children as Physical Abuse. In the opening paragraph of the University of Texas article outlining, “the most complete analysis to date of the outcomes associated with spanking,” it states that: “The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggre...

How To Help Your Child With Anger "The truth about rage is that it only dissolves when it is really heard and understood, without reservation." - Carl Rogers

The Complete List of Free Things and Grants for Kids with Special Needs The complete list of free things and grants for kids with special needs!

Not Naughty: 10 Ways Kids Appear to Be Acting Bad But Aren't Many of kids' so-called "naughty" behaviors are developmental and human.

Many of my clients have asked me about these sand timers. I use them in my therapy room as a tool to let the kids know how much time is left in session but there are countless ways you can use these!

Time In A Bottle Time in a Bottle is a simple tool developed to help with time management. Time in a Bottle is useful

S*x trafficking widespread in Nebraska; no ZIP code is immune It is easy to dismiss it as a “not-in-my-backyard”-kind of problem; a seamy issue rampant in places like Algeria, Russia and Thailand. But Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island? Yes, says