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Mind on Health: Tips to help your child with chronic pain avoid depression, anxiety

When chronic pain keeps children from being active and social, it’s no surprise that anxiety and depression can become unwelcome playmates. Unfortunately, this scenario can become a vicious cycle — not only can pain lead to depression and anxiety, but worsening depression and anxiety can worsen pain perception. Overall, about 5[...]

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Mind on Health: The truth about guns at home and suicide

Suicide is the third-leading cause of death in children ages 10 to 14 and the second-leading cause of death in people ages 15 to 24. And half of those deaths involve a firearm. These chilling statistics underscore the correlation between firearm availability and suicide, and the importance of gun safety. The U.S. has the highest per[...]

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Mind on Health: Why you should screen your kid’s screen time this summer

After the initial excitement of ice cream runs, water balloon fights and trips to the park fizzles, make sure your children’s best playmates this summer don’t become Paw Patrol or SpongeBob SquarePants. In other words, make sure they aren’t filling their free time with endless screen time. YouTube, virtual games, TV shows and[...]

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Mind on Health: How camp can benefit children with mental health issues

If you’re the parent of a child with attention and behavioral problems, you already know that downtime can be a downfall because the structure your child needs is absent. Enter summertime — when the well-established school routine suddenly goes missing — and parents often find themselves eager to engage their kids in some stru[...]

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How camp can benefit those with mental health issues

If you’re the parent of a child with attention and behavioral problems, you already know that downtime can be a downfall because the structure your child needs is absent. Enter summertime — when the well-established school routine suddenly goes missing — and parents often find themselves eager to engage their kids in some stru[...]

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Central Penn Parent recognized

The magazine is under the editorial leadership of Leslie Penkunas, editor, and Kathryn Ross, Parent and Business Journal publisher. Parenting Media Association, the international association of parenting publications, held its annual conference and awards ceremony in St. Petersburg, Florida. Specifically, Central Penn Parent received[...]

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Central Penn Parent wins industry awards for editorial and design

On March 1, 2019, the Parenting Media Association — a trade association of regional parenting media companies — held its annual conference and awards ceremony in  St. Petersburg, Florida. Central Penn Parent won several awards for both editorial and design. Specifically, the magazine received: Gold Award, Column: Child Developm[...]

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Mind on Health: Tips for parenting when you are struggling emotionally

We all know that parenting can be a challenge even when you’re at the top of your game, so what about parents struggling with depression or other mental health challenges. How do they cope? Unfortunately, often not very well. When Mom has depression, an anxiety disorder or ADHD, it is not uncommon to see less positive parenting go[...]

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Mind on Health: 10 tips for talking to kids about tragedy

Violence, natural disasters and hate crimes fill the nightly news and social media feeds. Much as parents may want to shield their children from such tragedies, it’s not always possible. Instant access to news from every corner of the globe may leave children believing that horrible things happen everywhere, all the time. That can[...]

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Mind on Health: Autism and anxiety, when and how to seek treatment

If you have a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), chances are you already know that anxiety comes with the territory. In fact, anxiety is present in about 40 percent of children and adolescents with ASD, which is about double the rate found in typically developing kids and teens. Many feel that this is because children with A[...]

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Mind on Health: What parents need to know about the rise of self-harm among kids

As parents, we expend a lot of energy and time ensuring our children’s safety, so it’s hard to fathom that your child could be intentionally causing pain to feel better — but that’s the impetus behind cutting, burning and other self-inflicted wounds. Technically referred to as “non-suicidal self-injury,” this behavior is[...]

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Mind on Health: Cyberbullying, the risks and helping your child recover

Cyberbulling is on the rise, but our children’s ability to deal with it is not keeping pace. While 43 percent of teens report experiencing cyberbullying, only one teen in 10 informs a parent or trusted adult, according to the website DoSomething.org. In our clinical experience, teens don’t tell their parents because they fear ge[...]

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Mind on Health: ‘Mindfulness’ to calm your stressed child

If you live with a teenager, you know life can be a roller coaster of highs and lows. While many parents struggle with how to help their children navigate the emotionally charged teenage years, one method that’s often overlooked is becoming more self-aware and changing how one thinks. It’s called “mindfulness” and it’s mor[...]

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Mind on Health: Raising resilient kids. Six traits to foster for their future happiness

Parents naturally spend a lot of time thinking about what great legacies they are passing onto their children — holiday traditions, vacation memories, special opportunities — but they may not imagine that one of the most important things they can pass on to their kids is positive psychiatry. Simply put, positive psychiatry encom[...]

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Mind on Health: Tips to head off those terrible tantrums

Next time you think your child is the only one having another meltdown, remember this: Temper tantrums are the ear infections of child mental health – they really are that common. Probably few things raise a parent’s blood pressure faster than these unpleasant outbursts, but frustration is a normal emotion and the younger a chil[...]

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Mind on Health: Tactics for handling their most challenging behaviors

If ‘no’ has become your child’s go-to word lately, it’s a sure bet you are wondering what you can do about it. Defiance is a main reason that parents seek out psychological services for their child and is one of the main contributors to parent reported stress. First, it’s important to understand that some defiance is a nor[...]

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Mind on Health: How to get kids on a proper sleep schedule

The first few weeks of school may be marked by some bedtime challenges but if you follow a few simple rules, you’ll soon be enjoying some peaceful evenings. If you’re thinking, “I just can’t get my child to go to bed,” remember, you get your children to do lots of different things because they have to — like going to scho[...]

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Mind on Health: Taming those back-to-school butterflies

For most kids, there’s nothing like the phrase “Back to School” to throw cold pool water on an otherwise glorious summer vacation. At the first mention of back- to-school preparation, many children experience a passing wave of apprehension. However, for some children, the thought of going back to school can trigger anxiety t[...]

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Mind on Health: Help for your screen-time junkie

It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy — and full of free time for your child to spend scrolling through social media or playing online games. It’s also a great time for you to think about how much time is appropriate for your child to spend on this pastime and set some limits. Why? For starters, some research suggests that [...]

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Mind on Health: Early signs of childhood and adolescent depression, and what to do

All children and adolescents feel sad or down at times. However, when such feelings persist and are accompanied by other symptoms — such as loss of interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, irritability, fatigue, changes in sleep or appetite, or trouble concentrating — it may be a good idea to see a mental health p[...]