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Failure is an Option

Adolescent, Blog, Child, Developmental News, Growing Up, Mindpsi Newsletter, ParentingBy Dan Florell, Ph.D.October 13, 2015 Leave a comment

The mother hears the alarm go off to wake up her daughter for school. The alarm stops and several minutes go by without a sign of her daughter coming down the stairs. The mother stops her own morning preparations to go pry her daughter out of bed yet again. This is followed by preparing her…

Avoiding Meltdown through Teachable Moments

Aggressive Child, Blog, Child, Developmental News, Hyperactive Child, Inattentive Child, Mindpsi Newsletter, Oppositional Child, Parenting, Rejected ChildBy Dan Florell, Ph.D.December 4, 2014 Leave a comment

A couple of children are playing together in the living room when their mother decides to do a couple of quick chores in the kitchen. A few minutes into doing the dishes, one child is angry and screaming that his brother took his toy. The other child comes into the kitchen shortly afterward crying because…