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Dr. Charles Sophy - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Dr. Charles Sophy currently serves as Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), which is responsible for the health, safety and welfare of nearly 40,000 foster children. He also has a private psychiatry practice in Beverly Hills, California. Dr. Sophy has lectured extensively and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles Neuro-Psychiatric Institute. His lectures and teachings are consistently ranked ... [More]
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- Dealing With Differences
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] In this article you’ll learn how to make children love their differences.
- Your Family is NOT Fattening! Make Time for Your Family in Your Resolutions
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] In this article, you’ll learn how to structure time for activities that build supportive families.
- Teaching Independence: Developing Confidence and Self-Reliance in Your Child
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Protecting your children from harm is vital, but it's also
important to allow them to explore, to engage in life and
even to fail.
- Turn Halloween Fears into Fun for Kids
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Halloween is a great time to be a kid! If your kids want a little Halloween fright here's how to make sure the fear they feel is fun.
- Does Your Kid Get Your Goat? How to Stay Objective When Your Kid Acts Up
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It can also be humbling - even startling - when your child displays aspects of your personality you’d rather forget. Worse, if your child shares some of your more salty manners you may be tempted to punish them for being who they are.
- Old Family Recipe to Keep ‘Em Off My Couch! Reserve Your Table Now for a Year Full of Family Dinners
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] After a couple weeks at school Allen’s dinner conversation collapses into mumbles and murmurs. Mom and dad ask Allen what’s up and he digs deeper into the silence.
- "I'm Not Going to School This Year!" Four Back to School Tips for Parents with Kids Who Hate Change
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Kids are getting ready for school... and change. A new school year can mean new friends, a new teacher, a new schedule, or even a different school. All that change can be scary. How prepared are you to handle the coming school year?
- Four Tips To Alleviate Your Child's Anxiety Over A Rite Of Passage
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Rites of passage mark the passage of a person through the life cycle - our progress from birth to death.
- Four Tips For Dealing With Transitions
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Before we know it, the summer holidays will be upon us and we may be faced with children who are experiencing anxiety around the transition from the structure and predictability of the school year to the less structured format of the summer holidays.
- Four Simple Tips To Help You Stop Policing Your Child And Start Parenting
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] There is a difference between policing your children and parenting.
- Divorce: The Silent Price - 3 Easy Tips to Prevent Parental Alienation
[Relationships:Divorce] Communication and cooperation are supposed to be two-way streets, but things don't always turn out the way they should.
- Three Simple Tips For Teaching Trust
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Children are naturally trusting and readily place their faith in adults. It is our responsibility as adults to safeguard that trust.
- Three Simple Tips For A Healthy And Happier Family
[Home-and-Family] At its core, a family is a social group that must be nurtured and maintained in order to grow and thrive.
- How To Start The Year In Balance For Your Child
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Balance in our lives is of paramount importance. Parents that can teach, guide and love their children from a place of balance will have a much more favorable and loving relationship with their children.
- How To Effectively Shop For The Holidays And Avoid The Holiday Gimmes
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Many parents are not sure how to talk to their child about the reality of their financial situations and the reasoning behind their not purchasing what the child has requested.
- How To Teach Your Child To Be Thankful
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Having plenty did not mean having all the coolest toys, that the things that matter are family, good health, and feelings.
- Four Tips To Handle A Child Who Lies
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] When children do something that goes against what we’ve taught them, we’re confused and disappointed. Let’s take a look at lying. The first time our child lies to us, it is a shock to our system. Let’s face it, lying in children is normal. Let's examine some strategies for dealing with lying in an effective and empowering way.
- Four Tips To Help You Set And Enforce Family Boundaries
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It is vital to teach your children as early as possible the
boundaries that you want them to learn and incorporate into
themselves as they move out to the world and will need to
interact respectfully.
- A Healthy Child Is More Than Skin and Bones
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Building strong and healthy children involves more than filling their tummies with the right foods, giving them milk for healthy bones and making sure they get enough sleep.
- R - E - S - P - E - C - T: Four Tips For Teaching Your Child Respect
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] While your child is learning respectful behavior patterns, it is essential to modify inappropriate behavior.
- Four Tips For Alleviating Back To School Anxiety
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] For most children, going back to school signifies a move from the lazy, hazy days of summer to a regimented school routine and poses unique challenges that must be overcome.
- The Recipe For The Making Of A Self-Assured Child: One Part Communication, Two Parts Love
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] A confident and outgoing child, who is not afraid to show the world all the unique ways in which he / she shines.
- Mommy What's A Hurricane? Helping Your Child Cope with Natural Disaster
[News-and-Society] A natural disaster, such as the hurricane wreaking havoc on the shores of Florida and New Orleans, is always a difficult time for adults and children.
- Helping Your Child Cope With A Long-Term Illness
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] The way children react to diagnosis with a chronic illness depends on several factors, including the child’s personality, the specific illness, family emotional dynamic, and the child’s age and emotional maturity.
- When's Sarah Coming Home? Helping Your Child Understand Death
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] For most children, their first experience with grief comes with the death of a beloved family pet. When Zoe the eight-week old puppy dies of parvovirus or Tweety the budgie stops singing his morning song, a child experiences profound and lasting loss for the first time in their young lives.
- How To Foster An Environment For Successful Communications With Your Child
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] The best way to ensure healthy communication patterns is to model positive communication skills.
- Helping Your Kids Handle Divorce
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Divorce is painful and traumatic for all involved – spouses and children alike.
- 5 Tips For Talking To Your Children About What They See In The News
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Last week, the world was shaken by another terrorist attack. Hot on the heels of the Live 8 benefits and in the middle of the G8 Summit, bombs exploded in London.
- "Gimme" Proof Your Kids: How To Keep Your Child's Materialism In Check
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] During the grade-school years, children grow more interested in the material world than they were back in kindergarten.
- 5 Simple Steps Guaranteed To Allow You To Spend More Time With Your Children This Summer
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Summertime is a time to relax some of our daily routines, allowing more flexibility into our lives. The holidays are often a time where we anticipate lots of wonderful family time together to create and share experiences that are timeless.
- Mom vs. Dad: Navigating Parenting Differences With All Good Intentions
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] In the Game of Life, you rolled the dice and accepted the role of co-parent. While the rules seem deceptively simple, (raise child into healthy adult), the game is often complicated by differences in parenting styles between partners.
- Ready... Set... Go! Transition Strategies for Caregivers
[Home-and-Family] In childcare, transition times are when you are trying to help children finish an activity or daily routine and move on to another one.
- "Mommy, I Can't Sleep!": Sleep Disturbance in Children
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Talking to your children openly and honestly and encouraging verbal interaction is a critical component of healthy and successful development.
- Mommy, I Can't Sleep! Sleep Disturbance in Children
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Sleep problems are some of the most common problems parents face with their children...
- Please Don't Go: Alleviating Separation Anxiety
[Home-and-Family] Here are some simple Do’s and Don’ts to help alleviate your child’s end-of-school (and back-to-school) anxiety and help them (and you) enjoy a much happier summer.
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