http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog skills to help relationships, family, children and you! Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:10:20 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=550 If you think the term bully refers only to the “mean kid” at school, think again. These days, bullying has risen to a whole new level, thanks to the internet, cell phones, and our whole “wired-in” mentality. Because words spread like wildfire over the internet, cyber-bullying is a far more damaging phenomenon than that “mean [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:45 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=517 We keep reading more and more about how seemingly minor head injuries can cause major trauma to the brain.  At the risk of offending the entire football playing community of parents, I am posting this link to Time Magazine’s article from 1/28/10. It talks at length about the long-lasting problems that cumulative concussions can cause.  I [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/active-kids-sleep-better-common-sense-wins-again/452/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/active-kids-sleep-better-common-sense-wins-again/452/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:25:26 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=452 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/active-kids-sleep-better-common-sense-wins-again/452/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-3/459/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-3/459/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:18:47 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=459 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-3/459/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-2/448/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-2/448/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:49:48 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=448 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-2/448/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-1/441/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-1/441/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:53:18 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=441 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-to-raise-a-competent-young-adult-part-1/441/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/adhd-linked-to-teen-sleep-problems/371/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/adhd-linked-to-teen-sleep-problems/371/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:37:23 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=371 In a study reviewed in May 2009 on the Psychcentral.org site, a diagnosis of ADHD in childhood was linked with sleep problems in teenagers.  This was found to be true even if the teens were not currently showing symptoms of ADHD. The sleep problems found included insomnia, sleep terrors, nightmares, teeth grinding and snoring. As a [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/adhd-linked-to-teen-sleep-problems/371/feed/ 0