Developing good social skills at a young age can help people to be
successful in many different areas of their life. Social skills
embody everything from making eye contact to how we are able to
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Now that everyone has been back in school for at least a couple of
weeks, I do hope it’s been a smooth transition for everyone this
year. I also wish I could say I hope everyone is enjoying the
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And the short answer is not safe at all as the American Academy
of Pediatrics (AAP) just recently released a policy statement
that the “home use of trampolines is strongly discouraged.”
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Over the years, I’ve talked to older teenagers who played organized
sports growing up and inquired about whether they ever experienced
some level of burnout. And almost everyone of those who ... Read More »
The relationship between a father and daughter can be incredibly
sweet but it can also be fraught with heartbreak when “Daddy’s
little girl” grows up and falls in love. There is a transition
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So often I hear my friends’ say that they have been recruited to
yet another committee at school; despite the fact that they are
already spread too thin with work, parenting, and household
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I have written in the past about my belief in the many benefits of
overnight summer camp, and there is tremendous support for this
opinion among developmental psychologists. Not only does it give
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I receive quite a bit of journals/pediatric news magazines and,
frankly, there just isn’t enough time to read everything that comes
across my desk. But a commentary written by a sports medicine
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