At the root of an eating disorder, you will usually find intense feelings of powerlessness and unworthiness. The person suffering from such a disorder feels like he or she has very little power over their life and therefore attempts to establish a sense of control by binge eating, purging, and/or restricting. The person also feels flawed as a person. They never feel good enough.

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How to deal with a child’s tantrums? Lowering the risk is always a good first step.

If you have children, you are all too familiar with the dreaded checkout aisle in the grocery store.

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The largest population of people coming into my office are teens who deliberately cut themselves. They don’t just cut themselves down with harsh self-judgments, they literally cut themselves up with knives, razor blades, scissors, or broken glass.

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Do you want to keep the lines of communication open with your teen? Most of us do. After all, open communication means that our teens will be more likely to share their feelings with us and turn to us for advice rather than relying on the wisdom of their friends alone.

 

 

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  No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce  bizarre behavior, and I’m not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.” –Bill Cosby 

Whether our childre are potty training or learning to drive a car, most of us have had times when we just want to pull our hair out.

 

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