It’s a bad feeling for any parent: the sinking realization that your child has been teasing or even harming other children. No one wants to be the parent of a bully. Yet many are, given that more than a third of children in grades K through 8 report being bullied. This 2-page Family Album Radio transcript was written by Carol Church, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2014.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fm1143
Tag: Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems
My Child Has a Mental Illness: Developing Parental Advocacy Skills (FCS2327/FY1365)
If your child is diagnosed with a mental illness, you will face major changes in your life. Being proactive about your child’s care and advocating for him or her will help you and your child handle the illness successfully. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Tracy DeCubellis, Victor W. Harris, and Martie Gillen, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2013.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1365
Trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) (FCS2134Span/FY973)
This 4-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of FCS2134/FY001, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Written by Garret D. Evans y Heidi Liss Radunovich, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, June 2011.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy973
FCS2285/FY1053 “I’ll Pencil You In” — The Overscheduled Child
FCS-2285, a 3-page fact sheet by Jodimae Lyttle and Eboni J. Baugh, describes for parents the consequences of overscheduling a child and provides tips for keeping a child active but not overscheduled. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1053