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Benefits of Video Games
For most people, video games mean either violent or nonsensical games that are negative influence on kids.However, according to a research (discussed at last year’s Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association) certain types of video games can have positive effects on game players such as improving dexterity and problem solving abilities. These attributes, according to the research, “have proven useful not only to students but to surgeons” as well. Fran C. Blumberg, PhD, a Fordham…
Net Generation Comes of Age
NetGen kids and concerned parentsParents are puzzled and more than a little worried about their kids’ preoccupation with the virtual world.Larry Rosen, PhD, a technology researcher and professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills says “You might peek into your kid’s room, and your kid is on MySpace and they’re talking on the phone and they’re texting and IMing and there’s music coming from the iPod-basically, you’re seeing kids who are so technologically adept that par…
Improving Communication with Your Teenagers
Communication is very important in a parent-child relationship. It strengthens the bond between them, while letting each other know any issue and problem they might have. Communicating with your children is especially crucial if they are in their teenage years. As we know, this is a very challenging phase in life. So what should you do, as a parent, to improve communication between you and your teenage children?Always be there for your teensKnow when your teens are most likely to talk and availa…
Self Esteem for Teens
Lizzie has trouble concentrating on her studies. She is thinking she may not do well on her test, just as she may not be able to pass the tryouts for the women’s basketball team. With her skinny frame, she believes she cannot make it. What is troubling Lizzie has something to do with self-image or the way she perceives herself. This self-image or our perception of ourselves is one of the contributing factors to self-esteem.What is self-esteem?Self-esteem is all about our own self-worth. It shows…
How to Deploy The Power of The Teen Brain
Most teenagers today think that what they are being taught in high school is useless. Mostly because they discern from their parents that the stuff they learn in high school is not being utilized or applied in “real life” (meaning work and life in general). Better career opportunities True, when you finally land a job at some big time corporation, nobody is going to ask you “when did Alexander the Great invade Persia?” But before you land that job, you have to have fairly decent grades in high s…
Bulimia in Teenagers
Bulimia is a common eating disorder affecting many teenagers. Medically known as bulimia nervosa, this eating disorder is characterized by a teen’s preoccupation with body weight and shape. This problem usually more commonly affects teenage girls than by teenage boys. With this eating disorder, a teenager may engage in go through bouts of binging and purging. With bulimia, teens may eat a large amount of food and then would try to get rid of the extra calories through self-induced vomiting or th…
Eating Disorders In Teens
Eating disorders are not uncommon in teens, what with society dictating that thin is beautiful. Eating disorders are actually fairly prevalent among teens and adolescents, particularly among young women. In fact, 90% of people with eating disorders are women. It has also been reported that one out of seven women dealt with or is currently dealing with an eating disorder at any given time. In 2003, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 36% of adolescent girls claimed they are overweight, and …
Dealing With Emotional Eating
Emotional eating can be all in the mind but it can surely have a big effect on your weight. What makes emotional eating a problem is that it can trigger you to eat at times when your body does not necessarily require food. Emotional eating can result in overeating that translates to add pounds on your weight. The longer it prevails, the more pounds stack up. You should try to find some way to deal with it. Identify Emotional TriggersOne of the ways to deal with emotional eating is by trying to i…
Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia & Compulsive Overeating
Each year, more than 5 million Americans are affected by serious and often life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge-eating, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating, obesity, and pica. Eating Disorders are serious emotional and physical problems that can have life-threatening consequences for females and males. Symptoms of anorexia nervosa Anorexia nevrosa is characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss.Extreme concern with body weight and shapeIntense fear of we…
How to Prevent an Eating Disorder
Examine closely your dreams and goals for your children and other loved ones. Are you over-emphasizing beauty and body shape?Consider your thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors toward your own body and the way that these beliefs have been shaped by the forces of weightism and sexism. Then educate your children aboutThe genetic basis for the natural diversity of human body shapes and sizes, and the nature and ugliness of prejudice. Make an effort to maintain positive, healthy attitudes & behaviors. …
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