by Noemi Mendez-Hyams | Oct 26, 2016 | Substance Abuse
Check out this article from SAMHSA about talking with youth about substance abuse. Many schools are having a Red Ribbon Week to provide education in this area. Red ribbon week is the perfect opportunity to bring up these issues with your children and reinforce what is...
by Noemi Mendez-Hyams | Oct 20, 2016 | Parenting
Cooperation between family members can lead to productive problem solving and allows children to be responsible for some of their own behaviors. Before this can begin, you should decide who really “owns” the problem – the child? or adult? This takes...
by Noemi Mendez-Hyams | Oct 3, 2016 | Parenting
Punishment – teaches resentment and fear and can lower self esteem. Punishments include: Threats, yelling and put-downs where sometimes threats are carried out, sometimes not and yelling makes things worse. Taking things away for both small and big things which...
by Noemi Mendez-Hyams | Sep 18, 2016 | Introduction
Welcome to the Spirit-Mind-Body Connections Counseling, PLLC first blog! I will post various educational, informative or existential topics here. Please check back often to follow along. Posts will be intermittent and I hope you find them helpful.
