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Archive for the 'Teenage Development' Category

Jun 20 2008

Theorists of Child Development Part Two

If you remember a few weeks ago, I started a post on the Theorists of Child Development and by the end of a pretty long post, I had only covered Freud and some of his theories. I did hint that I was going to move on to Erik Erikson in a few weeks and [...]

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May 15 2008

Media Influences: Weight

Last night I took an hour to myself to watch America’s Next Top Model.  Yes, I watch it every week and only started watching it during the last “cycle”.  I say I watch it because I have an interest in fashion and it gives me some names to look into but let’s face it…there really [...]

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Apr 29 2008

Depression in Children

A few weeks ago I came across a media report on the author JK Rowling who spoke openly about her own personal battle with depression and her own thoughts about committing suicide.  My initial reaction was to come down hard on the author since she is a heroine to many children and from several articles, the [...]

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Apr 01 2008

Birds and the Bees

Published by sirenavs under Teenage Development

I don’t care how liberated a person is or how much training they have had, there is a moment in parenthood that everyone dreads, the moment when they need to answer that question, “How are babies made?” 
That question usually comes around the age of four or five, sometimes earlier, sometimes later.  I know for me, [...]

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Mar 27 2008

Teaching Family Values Conclusion

Welcome to the final post that I will be making on the topic of morals and family values.  I’m sure you are more than ready to move onto a new topic and tomorrow I will have a great recipe for you to use at home.
But back to our topic on teaching morals and family values.  [...]

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Mar 25 2008

Family Values, Part Two

If you remember, yesterday I talked about things that we are teaching our children without even realizing it.  You can read that post here.
I guess I should say that I was actually ranting but you’ll forgive me my flaws.  I am after all human and as both a human and a parent I am allowed [...]

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