ADHD in Teenage Girls: What It Really Looks Like Picture the ADHD kid everyone imagines. He’s bouncing in his chair. He can’t sit still. His teacher catches him staring out the window for the third time before lunch. Now picture your daughter. She turns in her homework, most of the time, three days late and …
How to Help Your Teen Quit Vaping You found it in her backpack. Or maybe it was the smell — something sweet and synthetic, drifting out from under a closed door. Either way, your stomach dropped, and your mind started running through every worst-case scenario you’ve ever read about. If that’s you right now, I …
How to Talk to Your Teenager So They Open Up “She used to tell me everything. Now I get one-word answers and a closed door or complete disrespect.” I hear some version of that sentence almost every week. And every time, the parent asks me the same question: how do I get her to talk …
Teen anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and suicide rates have reached alarming levels. Parents everywhere are asking the same question: “What is happening to our kids?” Today’s tweens and teens are growing up in a world filled with stress, uncertainty, comparison, social pressure, and emotional overload. Between social media, school pressure, family stress, isolation, world events, …
Why Are We So Afraid of Pain? Physical and Emotional Pain Explained A few days ago, I woke up with a sharp crick in my neck that brought up my old fear of pain. The pain was so intense it brought tears to my eyes. Every tiny movement sent shooting sensations through my head and …
