When should you cut off your children? With high cost of living and unemployment rates, many parents are making the decision to financially "cut off" their children. A study by MetLife surveyed three generations to determine the appropriate time [...]
"You're stupid!" as a young child in day care cowers in the corner. "Nobody likes you!" followed by kicking and hitting by an older child trying to show he is tough and in control! Sound strange or unreal for [...]
Jamey Rodemeyer was found dead in his yard September 18, 2011. Over the past year his mother reports he was questioning his sexuality. He was a victim of gay bashing, hateful slurs, and bullied at school and online through [...]
"If you say that one more time I am going to slap you" and as this mother was telling me the story, I immediately knew the outcome as she recalls the story over the weekend in a restaurant. Whenever [...]
Orlando Video Gaming Electronics Counselor Expert Interviewed by Fox 35 to Discuss Ways to Help! 5 Behaviors from Video Games and Gaming Addiction "It is just a game!” Is this a common [...]
"No" is Not Always a Bad Thing Children grow up needing love and understanding as well as rules and boundaries. Being told ‘no’ at the right moments can be just as important to a child as being told “I [...]
To Divorce, or not to Divorce? That is the Question | 3 reasons why couples are changing their minds about divorce Marriage and Family therapist William Doherty from the University of Minnesota presented research studies proposing that reconciliation has [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness month and just as "April showers" produce beautiful "May flowers"…Life’s painful tears can produce beautiful healing and growth through regular "Mental Health Check-ups." We all have a doctor we see regularly for annual physicals [...]
Orlando Therapist ADHD Expert Gives Three Most Hated Non-Medical ADHD Tips While prescription medication has it's place, there are research studies which show children who have been placed on ADHD medication while young are substantially more likely to use and [...]
Going from "Idol to Idiot" in the eyes of their Middle Schooler! It is this battlefield of questions that we leave our children to face their own fears, tackle their own obstacles and to become their own person; and all [...]
To Spank or Not to Spank? That is the question. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is a saying that has governed the idea of parenting for many years. A study conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of [...]
Summer is done and back to school is almost here. For parents it might feel like a sigh of relief and for kids a sigh of resignation. Whether your child is a new or a returning student this year [...]
Is Your Toddler a Bully? | Preschool Bullies Channel 13 | 7 Tips for Parents Could your toddler be a bully-in-training? Television shows like Toddlers & Tiaras show preschool aged girls hitting and bullying each other and their parents. [...]
Violent TV’s Effect on Children’s Sleep | Tips to Protect your Children If you can’t watch something nice, don’t watch anything at all. In a recent study, researchers observed the sleep habits of 565 pre-school children. They found that those [...]
"It’s exciting, thrilling, and even self-gratifying?" Could this be the reason teens are mutilating their bodies at an alarming rate? Or could it be a more serious mental health issue at the core of this abnormal conduct? Why has [...]
Two persons of interest were arrested for suspected link to 30 arson incidents in the Orlando area. Since June 2014 there has been: Eleven residential arson incidents in Sanford Twelve in the Orlando area Three in the Daytona area. CFN 13 [...]
Orlando Teen Anger Management Counselor Group Expert on 5 Parenting Tips on How to Deal with Angry Teens It is no secret that parenting gets more challenging during the teenage years. Many parents often are faced with confusion and a sense [...]
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg | Women in Leadership & Workplace | 3 Tips for Women Empowerment Harvard graduate and Facebook CEO, Sheryl Sandberg is making headlines with her unconventional approach to women and business. The businesswoman and mother of two [...]
It’s no mystery that celebrities in America are intensely scrutinized through constant media attention. Every movement and action is dissected, analyzed, and mocked by millions of strangers who know nothing about the reality of celebrities’ lives. Every other day there [...]
The world stood still for a short moment. News reports described a horrific scene at a Connecticut elementary school. The report stated that a young man in a bulletproof vest forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and opened [...]
While the details are unraveling about the school shooting in Newton, Connecticut parents around the country are wondering what to say to their kids to make them feel safe at school. So what can parents say to their kids to [...]
Body Image HERO: Stella Boonshoft | Bikini Picture |Social Media Phenomenon | Inner Beauty Coaching Tips Orlando Lake Mary Clermont Florida Eighteen-year-old Stella Boonshoft stood in her dorm-room and did the unthinkable…or at least that what our American culture would perceive [...]
Lindsey Lohan Article-Arrested Again | Is Your Daughter OUT-OF-CONTROL? | | 6 Tips for Parents and their DAUGHTERS! | Jada Collins, MS, Counseling Teens Orlando, Lake Mary and Clermont Florida Rich, beautiful, talented and OUT-OF-CONTROL! According to police, Lindsey Lohan [...]
Scrabble Tournament Cheating | Why Children Cheat | Tips for Parents When the NY Times ran the story about the 13-year-old Scrabble player cheated in the National Scrabble Championship, the nation immediately asked the question, “What would cause a child [...]
Bus Monitor Karen Klein Bullied By Kids | StressLess Bully Tips for Parents Sixty-eight year old Karen Klein became the talk of the nation…but for the wrong reason. Klein did not become a household name because of desire to become famous, [...]
Emotional Recovery after Trauma | Batman:The Dark Knight Rises | Colorado Shooting | James Holmes | It should have been a normal evening of candy, popcorn and a movie. No one would have suspected to walk into a movie theatre [...]
Recently announced: The engagement of Miley Cyrus, age 19, to Liam Helmsworth, age 22. There is much speculation in the media about the significance of their ages and the general question of "How young is too young to get married?" [...]
Women Humiliated by Naked Photos | IsAnyoneup.com website | Tips to Protect your Online Identity According to an Anderson Cooper article, “Melissa and Daveeda discovered naked photos of themselves posted online. These photos were sent anonymously to a website, [...]
Why is your child angry? What is your child feeling? When you were a child did you wish your parents allowed you to express your emotions? How many times did you hear, “Boys don’t cry” or “If you keep crying [...]
Toddlers & Tiaras | Moms living vicariously through their daughters | Healthy or Harmful? TLC’s hit show Toddlers & Tiaras showcases the real life drama of beauty pageants and the behind the scenes chaos. Temper tantrums, explosive arguments and [...]
The box-office hit movie, The Hunger Games, raked in millions of dollars opening weekend. However, the star of the film, Jennifer Lawrence, has been criticized by some viewers as being too heavy for the role. Lawrence, a beautiful, fit actress [...]
5 Tips for Balancing Work and Family Gwen Stafani, Denise Richards, Katherine Heigl, Angelina Jolie, and Madonna are all mothers who are working to create balance between their careers and their children. While parenthood is not always so glamourous, here [...]
People all over the world mourned the tragic loss of one of the most talented singers of 1980's/1990's, Whitney Houston. She joins multiple other celebrities, such as Judy Garland, Margaux Hemingway, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, who have had their lives [...]
March 2011 - Broward County officials reported a Florida mother confronted her son's bully by going on the school bus. Twenty-seven-year-old Toccara Daniels was arrested and charged with burglary, assault and battery and child abuse. Police reported that after hearing [...]
Reality TV: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | Girl Scout Research Institute Bad Girls Club, The Kardashians, Real Housewives, and Teens Moms are only a few of reality television’s hit shows. With all of the fighting, back stabbing, [...]
Obese or Abuse? | Tips for Eating Healthy Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic and approximately two million children are affected. Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity expert at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and associate professor at Harvard, believes that [...]
Toddlers and Tiaras: Sexualizing Children | 5 Tips to protect your child The TLC Toddlers and Tiaras reality series comes back for a fourth season and creatively highlights the behind the scenes lifestyle of beautiful little girls clawing for [...]
Getting off the Mother-Daughter Roller coaster | 8 Tips to improve Communication Did a Dysfunctional Mother-Daughter Relationship cause Caylee’s death? The mother-daughter relationship is a complex dynamic. Often times, the ups and downs of this multifaceted bond may seem [...]
"Mom, I just want to ride my bike around the block to visit Anna," says 9 year old Sarah. Thirty years ago Sarah could ride the bus or ride around the block and parents would not worry. Unfortunately, parents [...]
Tuesday evening, in New York, Lashandra Armstrong, a mother of four young children drove her minivan into the Hudson river. Her 10 year old child managed to escape the sinking van while everyone else drowned. This news is an incredibly heart wrenching and tragic [...]
10 Tips To Protect Your Child A high school teacher having sex with a teenaged student is the hot topic this week. Once again, a female teacher is accused of seducing a young male student into a sexual relationship. [...]
"You let me stay up past my bedtime last night so why can’t I do it tonight?!" "It's not fair! I just want 10 more minutes on the computer and you let Susie have more time so why can't I [...]
Orlando ADHD Counseling Expert Jim West answers 5 Questions about ADHD Symptoms and Alternative Treatments to Medication "You need to put your kids on Ritalin!" "You do not discipline your kids enough!" "He never comes to class prepared!" "Why [...]
Rolling over, sitting, crawling, walking, cooing, speaking; these are just some of the basic developmental milestones we expect our young children to reach. When we suspect one or more of these is delayed, what do we do? Where do we [...]
Orlando Relationship Counselor on 6 Tips when Breaking Up through Email Have you asked yourself the following questions:What is a healthy balance between couple time, kid time, and family time?Is it better to be kid focused or couple focused?Does it [...]
Orlando Teen Counselor gives a few Quick Tips for Transitioning into Middle School What is their goal today? • To learn • Be polite • Greet and affirm the teacher • Greet and affirm my classmates – Make Peer Feel Like [...]
In the past month, there have been four charges of exposure or molestation in the Orlando area water parks including Typhoon Lagoon, Wet n Wild & Aquatica. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 7% of boys and 25% of [...]
Parenting Tips to Deal with Sexting Teens | Orlando Teen Expert Counselor A friend of mine was complaining about how her teenage children are always texting instead of speaking with one another and was horrified to find out her [...]
Lake Mary Teen Counselor offers tips to parents on technology. Having a teen dating is a big enough challenge without worrying about their internet and cell phone connections! However, in today’s relationships, land lines are a thing of the [...]
