Helping Children

Divorce is very common today and it not only affects the parents. Divorce can have a big impact on the children. Here are some ways to lessen that negative impact on children.

The oldest child in the family can find the effects of divorce difficult to deal with.This article will give you strategies to ensure your children are affected as less as possible during and after divorce.

This article offers some basic tips for helping children dealing with grief and loss. It is a reminder of some of the simple things that adults can do to help children who are grieving a loss.

This article is ways to help children cope with death.

If your child or grandchild is reluctant to read, these 4 interactive strategies will help make reading fun and interesting and reduce their frustration.

Divorce can be very stressful for children and is actually seen as a trauma in most cases. Here are five things ever parent needs to know to help their children cope with the stress of divorce.

To help understand common challenges a child faces when coping with the divorce of their parents and for tips on how to help a child cope with the transition of a divorce, I have interviewed psychotherapist Nate Bagley, MA LPC.

Have you ever watched your child cry and try to squirm away from a needle? Nobody likes needles, especially kids. This article will give you tools you can use to help your child cope with blood tests.

Divorce can be a difficult period of transition for any child however as a parent there are things you can do to help your child cope with the divorce.

As major floods hit the Mississippi Delta and tornadoes braced the South, many children were exposed to threatening situations of destruction and death. Learn the top three tips learned since 9/11 to help children deal to cope with disasters.

Coming to a new school means much more than getting used to a new teacher's style, new classroom rules, or making friends out of twenty or thirty total strangers.

Active reading strategies will help kids become stronger and more enthusiastic readers.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder '" commonly referred to as ADHD '" is most often diagnosed in children and teens. There are foods that help children with ADHD, and these may help manage the condition effectively in growing children and teens.

Military deployments can be hard. These tips will help make it easier on the kids while their parent is gone.

Death is difficult for everyone, especially children. There are some basic steps to aid children deal with the death of a loved one.

If your child takes a lot of medications here are a few tips for helping him or her do it on his own!

Divorce is difficult for children, but there are several things you can do to make divorce easier for kids. Here are five rules to follow for making divorce less difficult for your children.

The decision to adopt a child is never an easy one. If you are considering adopting a child and you already have children it is important to include your present children in on the decision.

Many families struggle with parenting cooperatively after a divorce. Feelings of anger, depression and resentment often interfere with positive communication and cooperative parenting.

The holidays are just around the corner, and you may be deciding on what to get your child for Christmas. If you are looking for ideas, then educational computers and toys, and the games that go with them, can make great holiday gifts for children!

UNICEF has worked to help children worldwide in the areas of disease prevention, sanitation and hygiene, and the education of women and children worldwide.

Did your spouse or ex spouse recently die? Is your child having a difficult time coping with the loss?

Children need to learn how to cope with their anger somehow with good role models. Different activities can be fun and help teach them at the same time.

When a parent leaves home, it is a traumatic experience for the children in the family. Here are some suggestions to help them through those first difficult months.

Children on drugs is becoming an epidemic today, but as parents, there are some things we can do to help. There are lots of reasons we have children on drugs. The peer pressure, unhappy home life, etc.