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Parenting: Kids & Difficult Topics

Posted on 04. Nov, 2008 by Dr. Maheu.

We're running an informal poll in SelfhelpMagazine, and almost half of the people who respond say that they struggle 8-10 times a week with how to talk to their kids about a tough topic!

Eight to ten times? We knew this was a problem, but wow – this is more than even we realized!

We thought kids are likely to be hearing things, frightening things. Adults are scared, and they must be talking within ear-shot of kids. And what's a child suppose to do with information they gather from obviously distraught parents? Ask them questions? Ahhh, maybe not?

And they must be hearing these scary things form more than just their parents. They probably are gathering information from:

• other kids,
• television (and how even small things get blown out of proportion, with music and video shots meant to feed  fear) and
• the internet and
• school and
• from  other family,
• friends,
• neighbors or
• friend's parents who might be:

• losing jobs,
• their houses,
• their savings, and
• everyone cutting back on spending, when compared to even just a year ago.

I'll bet lots of kids just don't know that this isn't the end of the world. I remember in graduate psychology school, learning that in the absence of facts, kids naturally believe the worse. They rarely consider the best. Their little brains are wired to protect them from bad things, so they naturally lean toward fear.

So we've come up with an idea for our next TeleWorkshops Event that we hope you will like, and help support us by spreading the news:

Dr. Abbott Trapp has given over 3000 seminars and written many articles and books about how to use psychological skills in communication. She's written an award-winning book specifically for her granddaughters (called Letters to My Granddaughters), and simply is one of the most knowledgeable experts on how to talk to kids about difficult topics.

I am thrilled to inform you that she will be our next guest author in SelfhelpMagazine's TeleWorkshops!

If you can't make it, recordings will be available immediately afterwards for you to purchase for the same $29 fee as the live event, so you can listen to it through your MP3 player or online. As always, your questions are sought beforehand, so we can know what you need.

Please go to TeleWorkshops for details about this anxiety-relieving and skill-building event. If you want to earn a few dollars for yourself or a group you want to support, please read about our rebate and fundraising affiliate program.

Your taking action right now could help the adults with kids in your life learn psychologically provenways to relive children's anxieties, even when frightening things are happening in the world. Your taking action now could make a very big difference in the life of a little one, who can't sleep at night, who is having nightmares or just seems to be over-reacting to even small things these days.

Nervous and anxiuous symptoms in children can often be handled by parents who develop the right skills to teach their children how to cope effectively with stress. Sign yourself or your loved one up for the TeleWorkshop now.

A child will thank you later.

Dr. Marlene

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Announcing New Virtual Book Tours – What's That?

Posted on 27. Jun, 2008 by Dr. Maheu.

What's a Virtual Book Tour?

Well, in SelfhelpMagazine (SHM), a Virtual Book Tour is going to be when I conduct a telephone interview of a best-selling self-help or psychology book author the author. Readers of the magazine will have a chance to listen in for FREE, and also ask their questions.

In fact, not only will some listeners on the call be given the opportunity to ask their question of the speaker during the call, but everyone registered for the call will be given the chance to submit their question for that author ahead of time when they register for the call. If you have more than one question, get your friend or neighbor or family member to also subscribe and submit your other questions for you.

That way, the author will be able to answer some of the most frequently asked questions during their formal interview. In essence, your questions will create the backbone of our interview. Pretty good, eh?

And all this is for free??

Yep, it's part of our new package of services for our loyal readers.

How can you be informed of these events ahead of time?

Glad you asked There are three ways to be notified. The first is to look for announcements of these Virtual Book Tours in this blog, in our newsletters, and in our new Events Calendar. More will soon be revealed about each of these features and how to use them. Keep posted!!

Who are the first authors to be interviewed?

I am honored to be interviewing two well-known and highly respected authors. The first will be Dr. Larry Rosen, author of Me MYSpace & I: Parenting the Net Generation. If you have concerns about how a teenager in your life is operating, have a look at his free chapter available through our homepage, and then come to hear him speak about his book. You will walk away with a better understanding of how to communicate, and what to worry or not worry about!

The second will be Dr. Linda Abbott Trapp. She is the author of the award winning book, Letters to My Granddaughters: Insights and Inspiration for a Life Journey. You will find several articles from her if you run a Google search in our magazine. If you look now, you'll also find a couple of her articles featured on our homepage, too. More sepcific information about dates and time will soon follow.

Tell your friends and family members about these Virtual Book Tours and share the wealth!

Dr. Maheu

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