S-T-R-E-S-S – Helping Your Teen Deal
by Stephanie Partridge
Our kids are stressed. Study after study is confirming this, citing a wide range of stress related complications such as sleep problems, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Our kids are growing up in a world that is much more stressful than the one we knew as teens. And it is having a significant impact on them.
My kids have expressed to me the various stressors that they have in their lives. My daughter, who is 17, will be graduating in June. She is looking at colleges right now. While she seems to take everything in stride, she has, from time to time, talked to me about the stress she is under. School, grades and finding a good college are all areas that cause her worry. Her teachers adore her and her grades are exceptional, she is even in college prep courses that she loves, but she admits to feeling stressed out sometimes.
My 15 year old son, on the other hand, tends to show his stress more. He has a learning disability which makes an already stressful classroom situation even more difficult. He does well in school and is very popular, but he worries about everything. He won’t broach the subject, but we all spend time in the evenings talking as a family and many times those worries rise to the surface. He worries about me, about my health, about the fact that I am “alone” (despite my telling him that I am very happy being single), about our finances (I have a good job, but what little child support I get is sporadic at best) and so many other things. He worries about school, his sister, his friends. Sometimes even I am overwhelmed.READ More on Stress and Your Teen
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Does you toddler every so often wake you up on the middle of the night and want to sleep with you? This in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. A child coming to the parents’ room is actually a great signal that your toddler is processing what makes him or her more able to sleep. It can show great initiative and problem solving skills as he or she finds that the first scenario is not working and trys another method to get them to sleep. From there, you can help teach your toddler and encourage him or her to advance on this methodology and begin processing other ways to help get past the sleep problems in toddlers. Maybe making sure their favorite Teddy Bear is always in their room to watch over them?READ More on Overcoming Sleep Disorders In Toddlers
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Two major causes of sleep disorders in babies are behavioral problems and parasomnias. Sleep disorders in babies are many times different than the symptoms of an adult. That is why it is very important for parents and caregivers alike to be aware of this fact. Sleep disorders in babies are in fact incredibly common, and the parasomnias – sleep terrors, somnambulism and enuresis – often appear to be related to central nervous system immaturity and are therefore usually outgrown. READ More on Types Sleep Disorders in Babies
Many parents, whether or not they’ve had other children, can be baffled when they realize something is wrong with their child. There are feelings of frustration and despair, as well as deep concern and indecisiveness with how to handle your child’s sleep problems.
Whether your child’s sleep problem is nightmares or wetting the bed, your child is at the forefront of your mind. When your baby wakes up with a blood-curdling scream in the middle of the night, it’s frightening. More frightening is a baby who will not be calmed with a touch, a bottle, or a new diaper. You’ll wonder what is hurting your child or if he has mild (or severe) discomfort of some kind.READ More on Some Ways To Solve Your Child's Sleep Disorders
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The most commonly reported and studied types of child sleeping disorders are that of parasomnias, night terrors, somnambulism, nocturnal enuresis, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and narcolepsy. READ More on Types of Childrens Sleep Disorders
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by Karen Sibal
It was at my daughter’s 8th birthday party – a pool party – when I really started noticing how overweight some kids are becoming nowadays. There was this one little girl who consumed so much cake and pizza – enough to sustain both of my children for lunch and dinner. Then there was another chubby little girl, clearly huffing and puffing, trying her best to keep up with the others who were just splashing around and having fun, doing nothing really strenuous at all.READ More on Child Obesity – Let's Get Moving!
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