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How Can I Help My Child Make Friends?

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 30, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Friendship, Parenting

I come home from school every day and cry. I don’t think I’m bossy. I am a little shy. The kids at school won’t play with me. I think I’m nice and caring. I don’t feel comfortable around the kids at my school. I like going to the playground, but I don’t play with...
Turn It Off!

Turn It Off!

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 22, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Friendship, Mental Health, Parenting, Teens

Are Our Phones Smarter Than We Are? Smart phones are like our very own personal assistants (who we can even have a conversation with).  Appointments, dinner dates, meetings, and deadlines are recorded to keep us on track.  Email and Internet access are easy to use...
Autism: The Transition into Adulthood

Autism: The Transition into Adulthood

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 16, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Problem-Solving, Teens, Work & Employment

Many of the resources available for Autism and other developmental disabilities focus on children to the age of eighteen. Very few social service programs are geared to support people over the age of eighteen. So what about these young adults? What career development...
Are We Obsessed with Binge-Drinking?

Are We Obsessed with Binge-Drinking?

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 11, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Change, Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Family, Friendship, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens

“My brother stays home Sunday to Wednesday, and parties the remaining days of the week. Sounds like fun, right? Sometimes he’s attending multiple parties per night. He stumbles into the house. On occasions, I find him passed out in the car in our driveway. He came to...
What It’s Like To Be An Only Child?

What It’s Like To Be An Only Child?

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 2, 2024 | Children & Adolescence, Family, Friendship, Teens

You’re Not Alone in This… There Are Others Out There! Today we hear from a young teen who admittedly struggles with being an only child. This is useful for others as well as for parents who are seeking a deeper understanding and ways to help their child grow and...
“Time Out” / “Time In”

“Time Out” / “Time In”

by Finding Solutions Together | Mar 1, 2024 | Children & Adolescence, Family, Marriage, Parenting

“My Kids are Driving Me Crazy” Wait one minute. Who’s the parent? Who’s in charge here? It is very important to first take three or four deeeeep breaths and then, second, answer these two questions calmly. Of course you are the parent and you...
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