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A Parents’ Guide to Helping Adolescent Kids Deal with Cyberbullying and Anxiety
Photo via Pexels Cyberbullying is a very real threat to adolescents. According to DoSomething.org, approximately 37% of kids aged 12 to 17 report having been bullied online, with 30% reporting repeated incidents. As a parent, you can help your pre-teen or teen deal...
“Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole”: a Reader’s Review
As someone who writes about mental health every day and has been working with children across all ages for the past 15 years, I find Mark Cheverton's fantasy series opener, "Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole," a valuable resource for...
How to Help Kids with Anxiety: Parents’ Struggles in Accessing Mental Health Services for Their Kids
According to pediatricians and mental health specialists, young Americans' mental health has declined over the past decade. The childhood mental health crisis is taking its toll on children and their families nationwide. As a society, we need to find ways to help kids...
Addressing America’s Mental Health Crisis: Government Initiatives at a Glance
Introduction: Mental health in children has become a growing concern for decades, with COVID only exasperating the problem. In a recent blot post, I discuss some of the startling statistics; you can read that article by clicking HERE. This crisis has prompted the...
Despair to Repair: Online Resources For Anxiety Every Parent Should Know
Despair to Repair: Online Resources For Anxiety Every Parent Should Know As a fiction writer, I have created fantasy worlds infused with courage and heroism to help children cope with challenging anxiety. The process got me thinking: what else is out there that can...
SCREAMING FOR HELP: The Mental Health Crisis for Kids
While I was writing my 27th novel, Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole, I learned a number of disturbing things about the mental health of our children in this country. I wanted to share this with you, for I think it’s important. As we all know, a...
A family’s battle with Anxiety
How We Helped Our Son Slay His Beast: A Family’s Battle with Anxiety ..... Anxiety arrives: Anxiety relief for our son seemed as illusive as a shadow at midnight. My son’s anxiety symptoms reared its ugly head when he was in second grade. At first, it seemed like the...
Why Did I Start Writing?
Why Did I Start Writing? I get asked that a lot. Why did I start writing . . . well, there's a story there. You see, I didn't plan on becoming an internationally published New York Times bestselling author. In fact, I steered my college education as far from writing...
Grow your confidence and WRITE: Improving Literacy in kids.
Improve Literacy through Writing Reading is such a pervasive part of our adult lives, from ordering at a restaurant to reading the bill at the dentist (ouch) to reading a marriage license (yes dear, 🙂 ); reading is a necessary tool for everyone. I’m guessing I...
Everything I Need To Know I Can Learn From My Cats
Everything I Need To Know I Can Learn From My Pets I have two pets, Dory and Olive. Today, I watched my cat, Dory as she pretended she was Peter Pan and attacked her shadow on the wall. Probably, I should have been writing, but I’m starting a new book and the...
