Child Psychology

Computer Game Tetris Improves Thinking
by eNotAlone.com
Playing the computer game Tetris may boost gray matter in your brain, according to a new report which also suggests that regular idle act of fitting blocks together on a computer screen can improve thinking and increase 'mental efficiency'.

Pro-Social Video Games Make Children Kinder
by eNotAlone.com
Previous studies have suggested that there is a relationship between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior in children. But now, for the first time, the three new studies have concluded that some video games influence good behavior

Nap Reduces Hyperactivity And Depression In Kids
by eNotAlone.com
A new study by the scientists at Pennsylvania State University, finds that children who take a nap when they are 4 and 5 years old, are less likely to be hyperactive or experience depression and anxiety.

Anxious Parents Pass On The Disorder To Their Kids
by eNotAlone.com
It has been a known fact for many years that anxious parents can pass anxiety disorders on to their children. But now, a new study by the scientists at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, came up with the conclusion that a family-based program where parents

Children Who Snore Are More Moody
by eNotAlone.com
Snoring in young kids is associated with a higher risk of mood disorders and depression, as well as problems with language and attention, claims a new study. The researchers at Helsinki University Central Hospital, in Finland, studied 43 pre-school aged

Impulsiveness In Kids Linked To Later Gambling Addiction
by eNotAlone.com
Kids who were inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive in kindergarten, are more likely to develop symptoms of risky gambling behavior by the time they reach middle school, reports a new Canadian study in the latest issue of Archives of Pediatrics

Children And Video Games
by eNotAlone.com
Since video games were first introduced in the 1972, they have become one of the most popular activities for people of all ages. Video games are played on several types of platforms: home consoles used with TV sets, computers, computers with access

Children Are Victims Of Divorcing Parents
by eNotAlone.com
Divorce of parents is a crisis for the entire family. It becomes especially difficult when children are involved. Children deeply suffer when parents they love fall into conflict and break their relationship.

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Dibs in Search of Self
by Virginia M. Axline
The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life ... how he came to the breathless

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The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do
by Peg Tyre
From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle. They get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls; in elementary school, they're diagnosed with learning disorders four times as often.

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Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents
by Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.
If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child and angry about the havoc

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Look Me in the Eye; My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison
Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes

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Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child
by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., Peter S. Jensen, M.D.
Childhood is about unwrapping the gifts you're born with. Every child is horn with certain gifts, some easy to unwrap, some difficult. Children who have the fascinating trait called ADD (or ADHD, the term that the official diagnostic system used across

The Story of the Mind
by James Mark Baldwin
One of the most interesting chapters of modern psychology is that which deals with the child. This is also one of the topics of general concern, since our common humanity reacts with greater geniality upon the little ones

Talks To Teachers On Psychology: And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
by William James
In the general activity and uprising of ideal interests which every one with an eye for fact can discern all about us in American life, there is perhaps no more promising feature than the fermentation which for a dozen years or more has been going on

Maintaining Health
by R. L. Alsaker
A healthy body is the child's first requirement. However, if the mental training is poor, giving wrong views of life, a good physique is of but little service. It is quite generally agreed among observers that the first seven years of life leave

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Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child
by Carol Bowman
Has your child lived before? In this fascinating, controversial, and groundbreaking book, Carol Bowman reveals overwhelming evidence of past life memories in children. Not only are such experiences real, they are far more common than most people realize.

Children Experiencing Addiction in the Family
by SAMHSA
Alcoholism and drug addiction is taking a toll on the American family. As a result, 8.3 million children in the United States, approximately 11 percent, live with at least one parent who is in need of treatment for alcohol- or drug-dependency.

It's All in the Family: Mental Health Link Between Parents and Children
by SAMHSA
From eye color to favorite foods, you and your kids share many things. But researchers now believe that you may share something more-mental health problems. Findings from the University of Washington's Kids Count project show that the emotional well-being

Children with Mental Disorders
by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
There has been public concern over reports that very young children are being prescribed psychotropic medications. The studies to date are incomplete, and much more needs to be learned about young children who are treated with medications for all kinds