Posted on July 22nd, 2011 by mikemastracci
Mike the Lawyer asked: “So Doctor Banschick, how do you tell the difference between an upset teen and a teen that needs treatment, and maybe medication?” Find out what Dr. Mark Banschick had to say by following the long pretty link below to Dr. Banschick’s recent Huffington Post expert article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-banschick-md/
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Posted on July 16th, 2011 by mikemastracci
In 1995, local author Rosalind Sedacca was worried about how to tell her young son about her impending divorce. She came up with a way to smooth his transition: a scrapbook explaining the divorce thoughtfully. After realizing there should be a template or model for how to tell children about divorce, she wrote a homemade [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2011 by mikemastracci
Many studies indicate that children experience less emotional distress or trauma due to parental separation than from the emotional turmoil of a severely troubled intact family. Having herself grown up in a “stay together for the sake of the kids” troubled family, Sedacca feels there is much truth to these reports. Sedacca reminds us of the framework from which we need to parent when we are charged with the responsibility of raising children of divorce.
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