Early in my career as a clinical psychologist, neurodiversity was unheard of in my professional circles. There is no reference to it in the DSM-5™ (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of [ … ]
How to Help your ADHD Child
Most healthy children are busy, active and constantly running around. But if your child has been given a diagnosis of ADHD, you’ll be looking for answers. Understanding your child and [ … ]
Children in Mind : Their mental health in today’s world and what we can do to help them
Are today’s children and teenagers more mentally distressed than they used to be, and if so, why? What is it about today’s world that seems not well suited to children? [ … ]
Today’s Child – Raising 21st Century Kids
Today’s children are growing up in a different world to the one most of us experienced as children. Adapting to this new and constantly changing world is a challenge, not [ … ]
Why you should play team sport, whatever your age!
I often find myself recommending to parents that their troubled children should play a team sport. It isn’t the cure-all, and there are usually a multitude of other aspects to [ … ]
Playing with games and toys that are not digital
Some children as young as two years old can navigate their way around cel phones, laptops and ipads. Toys and games are fast going out of fashion. New millenium kids [ … ]
When your child needs you less!
For some people, the hardest part of being a parent is knowing when and how to let go. When it comes to the psychology of babies and young children, everyone [ … ]
Weaning your baby: A psychological perspective
Yesterday I had such an interesting meeting with some of my Cape Town based ‘Babies in mind’ practitioners. The topic of our discussion was weaning. We were so interested in [ … ]
Parenting through Adoption
BY JANYS ORELOWITZ BABIES IN MIND PRACTITIONER, SPECIALISING IN ADOPTION One of the toughest problems adoptive parents face is that of talking to children about the reasons they were placed [ … ]
Infancy – 1001 Critical Days
Recently I attended a meeting at the Western Cape Association for Infant Mental health, an affiliation of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. Prof Astrid Berg, child and adolescent psychiatrist [ … ]