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My Teen is Counting – Does She Have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? The gold standard diagnostic manual for mental and behavioral health disorders, the DSM-V, defines Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder as a neurological disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions that take up at least an hour a day and cause a significant amount of psychological and emotional distress. Statistics show that about one in every two-hundred children and about one in every forty adults meet clinical OCD criteria. OCD

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September 24, 2018
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Family & Home Life

The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Kids

Being the Bad Guy One of the most difficult parts of being a parent is knowing when to say no. Generally speaking, once a child learns to speak and understand language, any given parent soon reaches a point when they feel like every other word out of their mouth is “No” or “Stop.” And just about every sentence they say to their child begins with “Not inside,” or “You can’t

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September 18, 2018

The Common Sense Census Part 3: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Tween and Teen Media Use

We recently posted two articles about a mammoth report published in November, 2015 by Common Sense Media about the way young people in the United States use media and technology. Conducted over six weeks in the early spring of 2015, the study included 2,658 children age eight to eighteen. Tweens were defined as children age eight to twelve, while teens were defined as children age thirteen to eighteen. The four primary

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September 17, 2018

The Common Sense Census Part 2: Socioeconomic Differences in Tween and Teen Media Use

We recently posted an article about a mammoth report published November 2015 by Common Sense Media about the way young people in the United States use media and technology. Conducted over six weeks in the early spring of 2015, the study included 2,658 children age eight to eighteen. Tweens were defined as children age eight to twelve. Teens were defined as children age thirteen to eighteen. The four primary goals of

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September 16, 2018

The Common Sense Census Part 1: A Report on Media Use by Tweens and Teens

In November 2015, Common Sense Media published a large-scale study that examines the way young people in the United States use media and technology. The study, conducted over six weeks in the early spring of 2015, included 2,658 children age eight to eighteen. Tweens were defined as children age eight to twelve. Teens were defined as children age thirteen to eighteen. The four primary goals of the Common Sense Media

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September 15, 2018

The Communication Conundrum

How Teenagers Hear Criticism Parents often find it challenging to offer constructive feedback or criticism to their children. Especially when those children enter their teenage years. Though it’s not a universal absolute, the following pattern is familiar to almost all parents of teens. It goes like this: a parent attempts to initiate a conversation with their teenager. As soon as the subject turns to anything that approaches negative or unfavorable,

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September 13, 2018

The Children of 9/11: How Are They Now?

The Children of 9/11 The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. were the largest attacks on the U.S. soil by a foreign entity since Pearl Harbor. Historians, war buffs, and armchair foreign policy experts can quibble about the details of this claim, but one thing is clear. The events of that Tuesday morning shifted world events on a scale like

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September 9, 2018
Teen Violence
Parents

Trends in Teen Violence: 1991-2015

Anyone who pays close attention to the news media would think the world is getting more dangerous by the minute. Local news seems to lead every broadcast with crime. A robbery here. A murder there. A kidnapping nearby. National news highlights tragically violent stories over positive stories every day. We know about the college student abducted and killed while out for a run and we know about the man who

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January 31, 2024

CRAFT: Family-Based Approaches to the Treatment-Resistant Adolescent

Intervention. Obviously a scary word. It’s also a word most of us associate with another relatively scary word. Or phrase, rather. Tough love. We all know what tough love is. Tough love is when you tell someone you care deeply about something they don’t want to hear. For example, tough love can be trivial, between friends. As in really never wear that color again. It can also be significant. Or

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August 31, 2018

Smartphones and Parent-Child Interactions

Smart Phones: Positives and Negatives For adults in the 21st century, smart phones make up a big part of day-to-day life. Whether we use them for work or for socializing, most people don’t leave home without them. In fact, we often hear someone say, “I’m lost without my phone – it’s how I run my life.” In addition to making traditional phone calls, busy parents and working professionals alike rely

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August 31, 2018