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Dr. Nina Shapiro, Director of Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA speaks about her new book Take a Deep Breath: Clear The Air For The Health Of Your Child (World Scientific, January 2012) on WGAU.
Heidi Stevens, who writes the Parenthood column for the Chicago Tribune asked my client, Karen L. Schiltz, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in the clinical and forensic neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and young adults what parents should when their middle schooler brings home a “D.” Dr. Schiltz, author of Beyond the Label: A Guide to Unlocking a Child’s Educational Potential (Oxford University Press) says this is the “time to be your child’s advocate.” She goes on to say there is often “more” to the story than just the D. So talk to your kids. For the full article click here.
Vicki Balint, who writes for Raising Arizona Kids thought she new plenty about newborn babies but she didn’t know that they are obligate nasal breathers, which means they cannot breathe through their mouths until they are around four months old. This she discovered when she read Dr. Nina Shapiro’s new book, Take a Deep Breath: Clear The Air For The Health Of Your Child (World Scientific, January 2012).
Dr. Shapiro is Director of Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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One big question for parents is what to do when the grandparents idea of discipline is more harsh than their own.
When Heidi Stevens, who writes the “parenthood” column for the Chicago tribune asked family psychotherapist Fran Walfish and author of The Self-Aware Parent (Palgrave Macmillan) to weigh in, here’s what she had to say. “Children from age 3 and up are able to differentiate between their parents’ authority and their grandparents’ authority,” says “A grandparent who misses a child’s emotional cues and doesn’t encourage expression of feeling is not nearly as impactful on the kids as a parent who does so. Not even a fraction.”
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Executing Your Teens Laptop May Feel Good, But It’s Bad Say Parenting Expert Betsy Brown Braun
2012
Parents are angry about their teens abuses of Facebook, but should an angry dad wielding a .45 pistol, posted a YouTube video showing him firing bullets through his daughter’s laptop computer? Parenting Expert, Betsy Brown Braun says, “the difference between a sane, mature person and a child is that the mature parent is able to stop their impulses and do appropriate things that can help a child grow. It may not be what you want to do right now, what feels good, but it’s the thing that’s going to benefit the child three months, six months, years from now.”
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Betsy Brown Braun is the bestselling author of Just Tell Me What To Say and You’re Not The Boss of Me.
Mike Caruthers is the host of the radio show Something You Should Know. My client, Dr. Nina Shapiro was a recent guest on his show – the subject – breathing problems in Children.
If anyone should have the answers to these questions it’s Dr. Shapiro, Director of Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA about her new book, Take a Deep Breath: Clear The Air For The Health Of Your Child (World Scientific, January 2012).
Have a listen here.
My client, child and family psychologist, Dr. Fran Walfish was asked about Valentine’s Day and people’s expectations. Here is what she said to CNN reporter Emanuella Grindberg.
Dr. Walfish is the author of The Self-Aware Parent: Resolving Conflict and Buiilding a Better Bond with Your Child.
My client, child and family psychologist, Dr. Fran Walfish was interviewed by CBS Los Angeles about the recent scandal at Miramonte Elementary School that has swept the attention of parents across the United States.
Dr. Walfish is the author of The Self-Aware Parent: Resolving Conflict and Building a Better Bond with Your Child.
While its hard to understand how so many kids could be victimized by a teacher for so long — Dr. Fran Walfish says part of the reason is fear.
With all the events in the news…teachers arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing their students…My client, parenting expert, Betsy Brown Braun tells My Fox LA viewers its never to early to begin the discussion.
Braun is a bestselling author and child behavior specialist and gives great tips to the viewers.
Check out the video report for tips that can help your child out.
You can find Betsy’s books – Just Tell Me What To Say and You’re Not The Boss of Me on Amazon.
Check out the new review of Dr. Nina Shapiro’s book Take A Deep Breath: Clear the Air for the Health of Your Child on momscleaniarforce.org
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