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Is Kombucha Safe for Kids?
What Is Kombucha?An ancient fermented beverage, kombucha has been around for centuries, if not millennia; no one seems to know its exact origins, but it's believed to have originated in...
Is Kombucha Safe for Kids?
What Is Kombucha?An ancient fermented beverage, kombucha has been around for centuries, if not millennia; no one seems to know its exact origins, but it's believed to have originated in...
How to Help a Child With Selective Mutism
You hear your child talk and laugh all the time at home, but their teacher is baffled by their total silence in the classroom. Your normally chatty kid looks frozen...
How to Help a Child With Selective Mutism
You hear your child talk and laugh all the time at home, but their teacher is baffled by their total silence in the classroom. Your normally chatty kid looks frozen...
My Child Was Diagnosed With an Attention Disorder...Now What?
The realization that my kid had what's referred to in medical circles as an attention deficit disorder was greeted with mixed – and opposing – feelings. On the one hand,...
My Child Was Diagnosed With an Attention Disorder...Now What?
The realization that my kid had what's referred to in medical circles as an attention deficit disorder was greeted with mixed – and opposing – feelings. On the one hand,...
How to Help Your Child Deal with Dental Anxiety
Nervous about dental visits? Your kid may be, too! Up to 20 percent of children experience anxiety about visits to the dentist. You know it’s important to have their teeth...
How to Help Your Child Deal with Dental Anxiety
Nervous about dental visits? Your kid may be, too! Up to 20 percent of children experience anxiety about visits to the dentist. You know it’s important to have their teeth...
6 Random Acts of Kindness Kids Can Do
You know that teaching your child about kindness is important. But with a hectic life, kindness lessons can get lost somewhere in the hustle and bustle and quickly become an...
6 Random Acts of Kindness Kids Can Do
You know that teaching your child about kindness is important. But with a hectic life, kindness lessons can get lost somewhere in the hustle and bustle and quickly become an...
How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Kids
It may be chilly and gray outdoors, but February also brings Valentine’s Day — a joyful reminder to celebrate with our loved ones, including our kids. Plan a fun-filled day...
How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Kids
It may be chilly and gray outdoors, but February also brings Valentine’s Day — a joyful reminder to celebrate with our loved ones, including our kids. Plan a fun-filled day...
Internet Safety Tips for Teens
You and your teenager use the Internet in two entirely different ways. You go online to check email or social media accounts, pay bills or do some shopping. Your teenager...
Internet Safety Tips for Teens
You and your teenager use the Internet in two entirely different ways. You go online to check email or social media accounts, pay bills or do some shopping. Your teenager...
Anxiety and the Brain
We've all felt it – the cold, bony fingers of anxiety tightening around our throat or pressing on our chest. It's certainly been an old friend of mine. Countless times,...
Anxiety and the Brain
We've all felt it – the cold, bony fingers of anxiety tightening around our throat or pressing on our chest. It's certainly been an old friend of mine. Countless times,...
Child Perfectionism & Anxiety
Discovering one mistake on a school paper leads to a meltdown. A few wrong musical notes at the recital bring a flood of tears. A poor grade on the report...
Child Perfectionism & Anxiety
Discovering one mistake on a school paper leads to a meltdown. A few wrong musical notes at the recital bring a flood of tears. A poor grade on the report...
How to Help Your Child Overcome Performance Anxiety
You make a last-minute check of the dance bag for essential items while telling your daughter it’s time to head out the door. You expect to hear “OK, Mom—coming” but...
How to Help Your Child Overcome Performance Anxiety
You make a last-minute check of the dance bag for essential items while telling your daughter it’s time to head out the door. You expect to hear “OK, Mom—coming” but...
How to Make a Child With Anxiety Feel Special
Being a parent to a child with anxiety means learning to ride out the storm on a minute-by-minute basis. You want to be supportive and encourage your child to participate...
How to Make a Child With Anxiety Feel Special
Being a parent to a child with anxiety means learning to ride out the storm on a minute-by-minute basis. You want to be supportive and encourage your child to participate...
Brillia 5 Pillars: Taking Brillia
For children, teens and adults struggling with attention and anxiety issues, every day can be a challenge. It's easy to feel lost and overwhelmed by the options offered — pharmaceuticals...
Brillia 5 Pillars: Taking Brillia
For children, teens and adults struggling with attention and anxiety issues, every day can be a challenge. It's easy to feel lost and overwhelmed by the options offered — pharmaceuticals...
8 Tips to Help Sleep Anxiety in Children
Lack of sleep can affect many aspects of a child's life, from how well they pay attention to how effectively they cope with anxiety and stress. Yet, adequate sleep is...
8 Tips to Help Sleep Anxiety in Children
Lack of sleep can affect many aspects of a child's life, from how well they pay attention to how effectively they cope with anxiety and stress. Yet, adequate sleep is...
6 Good Fats for Child Brain Development
The Relationship Between the Brain and FatHow well your child's brain works isn't dependent only on genetics; the fats they eat play an important role. Because the brain is composed...
6 Good Fats for Child Brain Development
The Relationship Between the Brain and FatHow well your child's brain works isn't dependent only on genetics; the fats they eat play an important role. Because the brain is composed...
Would Learning an Instrument Help or Add to My Child’s Anxiety?
Studies show that playing a musical instrument can enhance several functions of a young person’s brain, including long-term memory, reaction time and speech processing. But when your child has anxiety...
Would Learning an Instrument Help or Add to My Child’s Anxiety?
Studies show that playing a musical instrument can enhance several functions of a young person’s brain, including long-term memory, reaction time and speech processing. But when your child has anxiety...
How to Teach Your Kids Positive Self-Talk
Anxious children and teens tend to see the world as a more hostile place than other kids do. They also tend to view themselves in a more negative light, plagued...
How to Teach Your Kids Positive Self-Talk
Anxious children and teens tend to see the world as a more hostile place than other kids do. They also tend to view themselves in a more negative light, plagued...
Improving Social Anxiety Starts with Eye Contact
For a child or teen with social anxiety — which affects 6.8 percent of the U.S. population —making eye contact with others can be a stressful and challenging situation. A...
Improving Social Anxiety Starts with Eye Contact
For a child or teen with social anxiety — which affects 6.8 percent of the U.S. population —making eye contact with others can be a stressful and challenging situation. A...
5 Breathing Exercises for Anxiety Relief
Your child comes to you saying their heart is pounding. Their breath is quick and shallow, and they can feel their blood pressure rising. They’re now in fight-or-flight mode, and...
5 Breathing Exercises for Anxiety Relief
Your child comes to you saying their heart is pounding. Their breath is quick and shallow, and they can feel their blood pressure rising. They’re now in fight-or-flight mode, and...
7 Recipes for Kids with Attention Disorders
It's established that foods with potentially harmful additives such as artificial colors and flavors may contribute negatively to the symptoms of attention disorders. As important as it is to minimize your child's...
7 Recipes for Kids with Attention Disorders
It's established that foods with potentially harmful additives such as artificial colors and flavors may contribute negatively to the symptoms of attention disorders. As important as it is to minimize your child's...
How Spending Time in Nature Offers Natural Anxiety Relief
For those who struggle with anxiety — around 18 percent of the U.S. population — spending time in nature can offer scientifically proven relief. Shinrin-Yoku, or the Japanese art of forest bathing, is...
How Spending Time in Nature Offers Natural Anxiety Relief
For those who struggle with anxiety — around 18 percent of the U.S. population — spending time in nature can offer scientifically proven relief. Shinrin-Yoku, or the Japanese art of forest bathing, is...
Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is a claim we're all very familiar with ... but is it true? Does eating breakfast impact attention disorders or anxiety?...
Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is a claim we're all very familiar with ... but is it true? Does eating breakfast impact attention disorders or anxiety?...