Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Maggie Ruggieri. Parents go to exhaustive lengths every day to protect their children from potential harm. We buckle their seat belts, we look both ways and hold their hand, we protect them from germs with soap and water. While we shield our kids the best we can, they still get colds, and they still [...]
By: Connie Young. In today’s society Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often terms that are thrown around like candy. Everyone has it or knows someone who has it or who thought they had it but don’t anymore. Are therapists leaning too heavily on this diagnosis when they don’t know [...]
By: Marilyn Wedge. Over the years, I have counseled many parents to limit their child’s TV-watching to one hour a day of PBS only and to keep the television turned off at other times. To this well intentioned advice, I am often met with looks of incredulity and even protests. “I like to watch the [...]
By: Kelly Fuller. Millions of young girls are currently taking Adderall to treat their ADD or ADHD. According to a publication by Drugs.com, Adderall is a mix of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine that affects the Central Nervous System through increasing the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain. It is used to treat both Attention [...]
