Always seek professional help when self-harming activities occur at your disposal. An experienced counselor, therapist or a psychologist can guide the victim, the correct way to deal with issues and stop self-harming. They elucidate healthier ways to deal with any uncanny situations. Allow the vic...
Finding one’s self is a lifelong process, and your job as a parent is to teach your child how to behave appropriately and to be respectful toward others as they grow up. If your child has been disrespectful most of their life and it’s not just something that came on primari...
A Missouri teenager, Alyssa Bustamante, attended church and got good grades in school. But a troubled childhood and untreated mental health issues opened the door for her unprovoked, inexplicable killing of nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten.
When we go to school, we should ride a bike or take a bus. When we go out for activities, we shouldn’t step on the grass. We can’t draw everywhere. When we go shopping, we’d better use a cloth bag. At home we can save water and electricity. When we leave a room, we sho...
Jonathan Haidt returns to discuss his latest book, "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness."
Overprotective parents can make even the simplest things, like going out with friends and having a boyfriend, into major sources of conflict. This creates long-term problems for the child. Learn some tips on how to get them to give you some freedom.
As a parent, you are one of the biggest influences on your child’s decision to try alcohol or other drugs. There are several effective ways to discourage your kid from trying addictive substances, and you can be the biggest source of support if your child needs help recovering from ...
But if we over-praise, we may actually be harming their self-esteem over time. Jim Taylor, author of the book Your Children Are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear from You, tells Today’s Parent that trying to help our kids build up their self-esteem by constantly heaping ...
“Social media can have positive effects, such as a feeling of community and connection to others. It gives us a platform to help us express ourselves and feel heard. However, it has also been shown that social media use can be associated with feelings of loneliness, dissatisfaction, and env...
Fr. Rude’s own description testifies against this: he was doing something as a teenager that he knew he wasn’t supposed to be doing, and subsequently confessing it. As he said, “there were usually mortal sins mentioned.” So it’s hard to believe that he “had no clue what a morta...