Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability of the child in which their abilities are significantly affected social, communicational and behavioral. The intellectual abilities of each child with this type of disorder may vary, since we can find cases that...
Fear is a primitive alarm system that allows the child to avoid potentially dangerous situations. They are normal, adaptive and frequent phenomena (Caballo, 2005), especially common in childhood and adolescence. It is an emotion that is experienced throughout...
Infantile nocturnal enuresis is a problem that usually occurs frequently and is more common than it seems, it is about repeated emission of urine at night. The child tends to pee on the clothes or on the bed involuntarily on some days or throughout the week. What happens is that...
Many adolescents have never lived in a world without the Internet, since they are born they come into contact with technology and grow with its advances. This interest in the Internet and technology can become an obsession. Adolescence is a stage characterized by sudden changes in the state...
Is your child afraid of the dark? Does he delay bedtime and say things like there is a monster hiding in his closet? Nyctophobia or fear of the dark is one of the most common specific phobias in children. Between 6 and 12 years old, many children are afraid of the dark, something considered normal...
Drug use in adolescents is a problem of social origin that can have serious consequences on physical, mental and emotional health Of the youngs. It is proven that the early use of drugs, of whatever type (legal and illegal) increases the chances that the person will generate a...
In this PsicologíaOnline article, the aim is to relate a therapeutic experience developed at the individual and group level that he has had as a theoretical and methodological framework, logotherapy and art therapy, as tools to deepen the knowledge of the existential problems of the...
Parental alienation syndrome (SAP) is a set of symptoms that children manifest when one of the parents emotionally manipulates them through various strategies in order to develop a rejection of the other parent without any justification. This usually occurs in pairs...
As we know, adolescence is a difficult life stage because a series of physical and psychological changes are generated in the person in where the childhood period ends and the puberty stage begins to later reach adulthood. Because it is a delicate stage,...
Feeding children is one of the main concerns of parents. Many mothers and fathers around the world are in distress realizing that your child does not eat anything or not enough, but how do you know if what they eat is not enough? Do they really eat absolutely nothing? In the...
There is a message that makes parents uncomfortable during their children's infancy. That moment in which as a result of a tantrum or in a moment of frustration, the child expresses her anger through hurtful words. "I hate you" or "I don't love you anymore" are possible messages in these circumstances....
Often the parents of adolescents and those close to them, face an increasingly worrying situation within society as is aggressiveness in adolescence. It is an issue that requires a lot of attention since the number of young people who show aggressive behavior is increasing....
At some point, we have all seen a teenager with behavior problems questioning her parents, and parents complaining about their behavior and not knowing what to do. They find that their child is no longer a child and begins to behave differently once he reaches adolescence. This period...
Much is said about depression in adulthood, however, little is known about depression in adolescence, which causes young people or their families do not seek the necessary help. Depression is an illness that can affect people of any age, educational or cultural level....
Many parents worry that their children tend to speak in a high tone of voice, shouting becomes the usual reaction. And that produces intense auditory stress to those around. This situation is frequent in early childhood when the inarticulate expression of...
Adolescence is a time of great change, both physically and emotionally. These changes push the youngest to develop quickly adaptation strategies to the environment. Among so many changes and new experiences, adolescents can show a high degree of anxiety, stress...
