Recent Finds...

Finding the Just-Right Level of Self-Esteem for a Child by Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal

Ten Things We Know About Autism That We Didn’t Know a Year Ago by Geraldine Dawson, Huffington Post

Tips To Help Your Child Manage the Challenges of Autism (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

The Right Kind of Early Praise Predicts Positive Attitudes Toward Effort (Temple University)

Psychiatric Medication or Play Therapy? by Robert Fiddaman, OpEdNews

Editorial: A blurry line between discipline and abuse

Young Children May Go Above and Beyond When Helping Adults (American Psychological Association)

A Son ‘Cuts’, and a Father Struggles by K.J. Dell’Antonia, New York Times

Taming the Wild Things: Helping anxious kids and their parents by Lynn Lyons, Psychotherapy Networker

Expert Says Young Crushes on Older Celebrities Part of Passage Into Adulthood (Kansas State University)

Childhood Depression: Signs in Preschoolers, Kids & Teens by Dr. Michele Borba

Can Children Lose Their Autism Diagnosis? (Medical News Today)

4 Play Therapy Skills I Use in Parenting

Explaining Medication to Children by Gary Yorke, PhD

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