Child Stress

As parents we all want the best for our child, but so often we give in to societal pressures which can result in us overmanaging every aspect of their lives, leaving them overwhelmed, overscheduled and lacking motivation. This can terrifyingly lead to mental health problems as adolescents and adults. How can we prevent this happening to our children? Over their combined 60 years of practice, William Stixrud, a clinical neuropsychologist, and Ned Johnson, the founder of an elite tutoring agency, have worked with thousands of children all facing this problem.

Are you struggling to find the right parenting style for your ADHD child? Is every week rife with miscommunication, tantrums, and constant energy but poor focus? Does your child struggle with following directions or completing tasks? Do the words "impulsive" or "scattered" seem to describe your child? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the resources in The Stress-Free Guide to Parenting a Child With ADHD are for you. You want to have a safe, trusting relationship with your child, and you want them to do well in life and school.

We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically brainstorming, but isn't there a benefit to just lazily staring out of the window?

Nature Tales is a book of visualizations for children. Visualizations help to improve concentration, and encourages artistic creative abilities. The techniques create a more balanced center state while stimulating a child's imagination. Visualizations are very effective in helping children who tend to scatter their thoughts in different directions. Often after reading Nature Tales visualizations to a child at bedtime they will feel safe and released from their fears resulting in a peaceful sleep.

Zebra Tales - Nature Talks is the 7th book in the Wisdom of Mr. Stripes series. This book is designed to help alleviate bedtime stress by guiding a child through a magical visualization technique. Visualizations if taught at an earlier age will enhance many areas of a child's life. Visualization helps to improve concentration and encourages artistic creative abilities. The techniques create a more balance centered state, and stimulate a child imagination. Visualizations are very effective in helping children who tend to scatter their thoughts in different directions. Often after reading a ...

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

Suicide is the third foremost reason of death among teens in the US, with more than 8,000 teenagers dying by suicide each year. Of these deaths, four out of five are male and one out of five are female. In other words, there's about 13 suicides per day among children aged 10 to 19 in America. Even more troubling is the statistic that suicide rates have gone up dramatically over the past decade - surging by 54 percent when gang violence was on a downturn - but no one understands why this trend has been so sharp or if it will reverse itself anytime soon.

Everyone experiences stress, but gifted children can experience it for a variety of reasons and in an array of situations that may be surprising to some people. Their keen intellects and heightened sensitivities make them vulnerable to stressors that may not affect other children. Their characteristic intensity can cause them to react in ways that might seem exaggerated and overblown to others.

Bills due! A pandemic! A 50 percent increase in mass shootings! A rocky relationship, and many other challenges are causing people to suffer from stress! Medication? Have you listened to the side effects on those drug commercials? It's time for a different cleaner, healthy path. One that keeps you in control! With drug-free solutions. You don't have to be a victim of stress! It's time to learn how to recognize and remove stressful habits and replace them with a blue print for a happy, healthy, and peaceful life!

Imagine a moment when the weight of your past begins to lift, allowing hope to shine through the darkness. You've faced more than your share of silent pain and emerged stronger, yet echoes of childhood trauma still linger. It is shaping your perceptions and relationships. An empowering path awaits, guiding you to understand and embrace your experiences while building resilience in every aspect of your life.

Navigate the world of ADHD parenting with confidence – discover how to turn challenges into opportunities for growth and connection! Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the unpredictable nature of parenting a child with ADHD? Parenting is such a challenging endeavor itself, but when your child has ADHD, it can feel like you're walking through a minefield. It's a lot for any parent to handle, and it's normal to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. After all, you're only human.

The path to healing begins by going inwards. The path forward, paradoxically, begins by going backward. Our early experiences shape and mold the person we become, and when those experiences are filled with fear, anxiety, shame, and misery, what becomes of the adult? Whether you endured parental abuse, neglect, a home filled with conflict, or a mentally ill parent, there's no denying you can't come out of such traumas unscathed

In "The Mindful Parent: Nurturing Connection and Reducing Stress Through Daily Mindfulness Practices," author Luna Kunis offers a practical and insightful guide for parents seeking to cultivate a deeper connection with their children while effectively managing the challenges of daily life. Drawing on the power of mindfulness, this book provides simple yet transformative techniques to reduce stress, enhance communication, and foster a harmonious family environment. With its gentle approach and practical exercises, "The Mindful Parent" empowers parents to embrace the present moment, nurture ...

Wouldn't you like to have more time for yourself while your children listen to a fairy tale and fall asleep very quickly…and stay asleep? No more little alarm clocks during the night! The goal of this audiobook is to be able to relieve stress in children and make them sleep deeply throughout the night, through relaxing fairy tales with intriguing plots for both males and females. Each plot includes a well-written story for guided meditation and hypnosis.

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases.

Are you a woman who has been diagnosed with ADHD? Are you looking for practical and immediate solutions to bring order in your life, freeing your mind from the constraints, doubts, and preconceptions you've accumulated over the years? Between the fear of discovery, anxious behavior, and disorganization, being a woman with ADHD is not easy. Living with ADHD is a continuous cycle of forgetfulness, tasks left undone, impulsivity, low self-esteem, and often depression. If this sounds familiar, you can turn it around today.

Does your child freeze up during tests, feel nervous before school assessments, or worry they’ll forget everything they’ve learned? “The Confidence Code” is part of the KIDNOSIS series — a trusted collection of therapeutic ebooks and audiobooks that use story-based metaphors to support emotional wellbeing in children ages 4–10. Written by leading hypnotist Mark Anthony, who has spent over two decades helping children and adults overcome anxiety through hypnotherapy, coaching, and NLP, this book features 10 empowering short stories that calm the mind, build inner strength, and ...

Does Your Child Struggle with Anxiety? Anxiety is My Monster is an effective and fun tool you can use to help your child overcome their worry. Anxiety can feel like a monster to children, making their worries grow and grow until it feels out of control. Anxiety Is My Monster is a beautifully illustrated picture book designed to help children understand and manage their anxious thoughts in a healthy, empowering way.

The depth or imaginal psychotherapy is highly effective in treating and assessing adult survivors of childhood abuse. Specifically, interventions that use dreams, symbols, and metaphor, as well as expressive art techniques, are deemed especially valuable as they address dissociative changes. By assessing specific depth psychological aspects of the individual’s shattered sense of self, a more focused and efficient treatment plan can be created sooner in the course of therapy. Discover more with Brain Healing and Trauma.

In Breakthroughs in Parenting Children with ADHD While Reducing Stress, I will show you how to get through the maze of parenting a child with ADHD while maintaining your sanity and sense of purpose. By listening to this book, you will learn: what exactly is ADHD; the different types of ADHD; the causes of ADHD; how ADHD is diagnosed; preschoolers and ADHD; the challenges facing children with ADHD; how to help your child cope with the many symptoms of ADHD; and more.