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Author Archives: Steven Petrus
Executive Functioning
Executive function is a term used to describe the many tasks our brains perform that are necessary to think, act, and solve problems. Executive functioning includes tasks that help us learn new information, remember and retrieve information we’ve learned in [...]
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My Teen is Growing Up
Adolescence is considered to be one of the most important phases in the developmental theory and developmental progress. It is the time when a child emerges from the latency period, pre-pubescence, where they are trying to figure out who they [...]
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Family Dinners
Have a dinner as a family and enjoy the benefits of your child’s healthier adolescent development. Families that eat together have teens that are less likely of smoking, drinking, using drugs, getting depressed, developing an eating disorder, delay having sex, [...]
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The Importance of Breakfast
Breakfast or “breaking the fast” is an extremely important meal. Many people choose to skip this meal for a variety of reasons including: it saves time, people incorrectly think it is a good way to lose weight, or the person is [...]
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Bullying
Studies show that between 15-25% of U.S. students are bullied with some frequency. Bullying can have long-lasting effects. Youth who are bullied experience real suffering that can interfere with their social and emotional development. Bullying can cause your child to [...]
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Strengthening Your Brain
When you ask most people about strengthening their brain many people believe what they are born with it what they have for the rest of their life. Until recently, a popular misconception was that neurons die through life and do [...]
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