Keeping Children Away from Social Media Platforms

I want to acknowledge the recent decision made by Governor Ron DeSantis to sign a bill banning Florida residents under the age of 14 from owning a social media account...

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Digital Technology Parenting and Attachment

Now more than ever with kids being homeschooled, staying in place, and more disconnected from peers and outside activities, clinicians need to ask questions about excessive video gaming and the...

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Why Does That Kid Keep Jumping Out of His Seat?

I recently had the privilege of providing a series of trainings to educators across Canada.  My focus was to help teachers, school counselors, and administrators understand the impact that dysfunctional family...

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The Rise of Teen Dating Violence and Ways You Can Intervene

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This issue is far more prevalent than people think. In the Unites States one in three teens will experience emotional, sexual, or physical...

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Helping Kids Transition “Back to School”

Last week I was reminiscing with my three grown sons about how we used to do our annual back to school ritual of shopping for school supplies. I think it...

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Speaking up About Bullying

Jonathan Martin is a 312 pound, 6’5” tackler for the Miami Dolphins. And yet he was relentlessly subjected to bullying that included racial slurs, intense verbal abuse, harassment, threats against...

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Off to College- A Lesson in Attachment

Those of you who have trained with me in the past, are well aware that I take great stock in the impact that either secure, insecure, ambivalent, avoidant or disorganized...

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A Quick Primer on Early Primary Relationships

By, Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C Attachment is the relationship people develop with our early caregivers that shape how we form connections to other people throughout our lives as well as...

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Since when is Winning a Silver Medal “Losing?”

I don’t know about you, but when the Olympics began, I lost a lot of sleep.  I stayed up late every night- mesmerized by the courage, determination, and dedication of...

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