CHILDREN

CHILDREN

The main job of children: Successfully move through all developmental stages. Lists per age found on Internet.

It is very important for them to learn to identify the emotions they feel.

Children, like adults, will sometimes have issues that their parents cannot resolve. This is when a professional counselor is needed. Best not to use insurance for payment as child will be assigned a code for mental illness that could follow the child.

The Eight Skills

I highly recommend that children be taught the eight skills found in my book The Big White Dog with Green Eyes.

By learning these eight new relationship skills, children will make new friends easily, become popular because of their abilities to read people and gain leadership opportunities well ahead of their peers.

Bullying

“Bullying is the New Rape” is an article I wrote years ago. It stated that children who are bullied most often suffer the same traumatic damages that a rape inflicts. Bullying is worse because whereas the rape is a one-time occurrence, bullying usually occurs every day for years by several attackers. Only 16% of children are bullied and their lives ruined forever unless a professional counselor intervenes early. Being bullied too often causes an all-pervasive sense of sadness that may lead to suicide. Much worse is the lifetime fear of other’s anger, rage and confrontation that will control and take away self-assertiveness, self-esteem and self-confidence.

ADHD

ADHD is another condition parents must look for in early childhood. Forgetfulness, impulse control, emotional de-regulation, distractibility, hyperfocusing, poor self-esteem, poor social skills, anger and rage are a few of the negative characteristics that must be addressed. When ADHD is suspected, a diagnosis must be attained to distinguish between ADHD and Autism.

Parents often wish to use non-medication to treat ADHD. During the time it takes for non-medication methods to work the child will lose too much.