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Your Emotionally Reactive Child Needs Empathy — Not Punishment

ADDitude

They have lower self-awareness and emotional intelligence, and they often have coexisting conditions, including ADHD, depression , and anxiety. That’s why it’s so important to lean into empathy when we’re trying to connect with our defiant children, whatever their age. This is when empathy is difficult to muster — and necessary.

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We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy

Mad in America

They are willing to entertain my conjecture and have meaningful conversations where they have both educated me as well as seriously considered the observational and logical statements I present. THE STATE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE TODAY I routinely rummage through all the biographies of professors at leading universities.