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If you have more than one child, chances are good to excellent that you’ve had to referee sibling fighting and rivalry. The fact is, even the best sibling relationships can have their moments of conflict and friction. But with a little insight and patience, a much more peaceful home and sibling harmony can be achieved. When a good sibling bond is established early, and children are taught how to manage conflict with their brother or sister, fighting and rivalry can be greatly minimized....

How old does a child have to be before he or she exhibits characteristics and traits of giftedness? Many parents and teachers believe that a child is gifted when school tests say they are, and these tests aren’t given until third or fourth grade, if at all. The truth is that gifted traits show up in toddlers. In fact, some of them can be seen even in infants! Browse through the following list and see how many characteristics apply to your young child....

What Is Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy? Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP) is a healing-based and transformation-oriented model of psychotherapeutic treatment. Developed by American psychologist Diana Fosha, PhD, AEDP views crisis and suffering as opportunities for you to find your ability to heal and experience life-changing transformation. AEDP is meant to help people find ways to function and flourish, and it’s often helpful for people with past trauma, depression, anxiety, or general distress....

Bloom’s taxonomy is a classification system for the cognitive skills used in learning. Teachers use this taxonomy to plan lessons. A taxonomy is a system that groups and orders concepts or things, such as the classifications in biology that include family, genus, and species. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist, created a taxonomy of the cognitive skills required for learning. The Six Levels of Intellectual Skills Bloom’s Taxonomy has six levels of intellectual skills, each one building on the previous level: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation....

For many, the pandemic intensified loneliness concerns. A new research study conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) has found a direct link between the impacts of loneliness and greater mental health distress. Key Takeaways A direct two-way link was found between chronic loneliness and greater mental health distress.Individuals who are young, disabled, or members of the LGBTQIA+ community are at higher risk of chronic loneliness.The pandemic contributed to feelings of loneliness, so such findings are crucial to supporting more vulnerable groups....

Eating healthy food is often encouraged to promote mental health and well-being. Now, a study published in British Journal of Nutrition found that frequent consumption of fruit is associated with lower depression scores. Key Takeaways Research shows that eating fruit more regularly may improve mental health.More consumption of savory snacks like chips were associated with increased anxiety.These research findings can support greater outreach programs to promote healthy eating for mental wellness....

Knowing youth suicide facts is especially important for parents of children with depression. For parents, suicidal thoughts and behaviors are one of the most alarming concerns of childhood depression. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), death by suicide is the third leading cause of death among 10- to 24-year-olds, and many more children attempt but do not complete suicide. Information presented in this article may be triggering to some people....

The cost of daycare can be downright discouraging. You might even find that child care costs take up the bulk of your paycheck. Plus, even as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, many families are still struggling to find enough work and/or have had to take pay cuts or reductions in their hours. And of course, you don’t want to just send your kids anywhere for daycare. You want to send them to a place where you’ll know they’ll be well cared for....

The first day home with your newborn may be everything you expect or nothing at all like you’d imagined. It might be a relaxing day of easing into parenthood or one filled with surprising challenges, emotionally and in terms of getting the hang of baby care, breastfeeding, and/or self-care as you recover from childbirth. The commonality is that you don’t really know what that day will be like until it arrives....

Follow Now: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Every Friday on The Verywell Mind Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Amy Morin, LCSW, shares the “Friday Fix”—a short episode featuring a quick, actionable tip or exercise to help you manage a specific mental health issue or concern. Friday Fix: Episode 152 We all have things that we don’t want to do yet feel obligated to do them. Working out, cleaning the house, and paying the bills are just a few of those things that most of us don’t love doing yet we know these things are important....

In general, toddlers don’t need to take a multivitamin with iron. Even though they aren’t drinking an iron-fortified infant formula anymore, they should be able to get enough iron from all of the other things that they are eating — most toddlers need about 15 mg of iron per day from their food. How to Ensure Sufficient Iron Intake in Toddlers Eating iron-rich, healthy foods is the number one way to prevent and treat iron deficiency....

All pregnant people should receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest recommendations from the nation’s leading health organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Key Takeaways Drawing on a growing body of safety data, top U.S. health organizations now recommend pregnant people be vaccinated against COVID-19.The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) support the use of any of the three vaccines now available in the U....

What Does Layla Mean? Layla is an ancient Arabic name that has many meanings. The most common meaning for the name in Arabic is “night,” or “dark.” This typically feminine name is also thought to have Hebrew origins and also means “night” or “dark.” The name, Layla, is often given to baby girls who are born at night to signify the time in which they were born. In some interpretations, the name also could mean “dark beauty....

In medical or hospital settings, the term lethargy denotes a patient’s inability to stay awake or engage in any type of interaction, says Paula Zimbrean, MD, a psychiatrist at Yale Medicine. “It is often associated with severe illness or with sedating medications, such as painkillers.” Lethargy is a condition characterized by fatigue, drowsiness, and an unusual lack of energy and mental alertness. Lethargy is not a medical condition in itself, but it may be a symptom of a health condition, or a natural response to lack of sleep, stress, or poor eating habits....

Leukorrhea is a mild, odorless discharge from the vagina that is clear or milky in color. Many people notice that leukorrhea increases during pregnancy, either at the start of pregnancy or as the pregnancy progresses. In most cases, this discharge is normal and healthy. Some people worry that having it means that they have a vaginal infection, but most of the time, leukorrhea is completely harmless (and is even a sign that the vagina is healthy)....

You’ve probably heard that you should take folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects, but you may be wondering if too little of the vitamin can also affect your miscarriage risk. The jury is out on whether too little folic acid contributes to miscarriages, or if supplementing can help prevent them. On the flip side, it does not appear that folic acid supplementation increases the risk of miscarriages....

Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder is a type of circadian rhythm sleep disorder. The circadian rhythm is a 24-hour sleep cycle your body follows. People with this condition have a circadian rhythm typically shorter or longer than 24 hours. However, cases, where the cycle is shorter than 24 hours are rare. Individuals may find that their sleep cycle gradually shifts by one or two hours a day. Weeks of this occurring causes a person’s circadian rhythm to become completely desynchronized from the usual 24-hour cycle....

The name Nova means “new,” stemming from the Latin word “novus” of the same definition. The definition itself is fitting since the name is relatively new in origin and growing in popularity. It is also the name given to a star that beams with sudden and increasing brightness after exploding with a burst of energy, making it a name fitting any child destined to make their mark on the world....

Some researchers theorize that a low progesterone level could cause miscarriage in some women, particularly in those who have had recurrent miscarriages. But does that mean that you should run out and buy progesterone cream from your local health food store? The short answer is: Maybe, but talk to your doctor first. Why Some Women Use Progesterone Progesterone is a hormone that is associated with the menstrual cycle. A woman’s level of progesterone rises after ovulation and falls just before she gets her period....

Anyone who has had a panic attack will tell you that one of the most awful aspects of the experience is how trapped you feel. As the waves of panic wash over you, it can feel as though there is no way to make the feelings go away—that there is no relief in sight. You wonder if you’ll ever feel normal or in control again. All panic attacks end eventually, and to some extent, you just have to ride out the waves of your panic attack until it’s over....