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Let’s Talk to our Kids About Sex
For many parents the title of this post immediately turned them off, but ignoring a subject like this won’t make it go away. Like we said in our recent post on talking with your kids about drugs, the smartest thing you can do is be open and honest with your kids about...
Dr. Hammond wins a 2015 Early Career Achievement Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May, 8, 2015 Local Psychologist Wins a 2015 APA Early Career Achievement Award Brandon, Fla. - Dr. Nekeshia Hammond was one of just 25 recipients of the 2015 APA Early Career Achievement Awards by The Committee on Early Career Psychologists. The...
Helping Kids Cope with the Loss of a Loved One
Last week we posted about coping with the loss of a loved one. If you missed that post you can read it here. This week we’re talking about how to help kids cope with a loss because although this is often a harder task to take on for some adults, if you have children...
Coping with the Loss of a Loved One
There are few things in life as devastating as the loss of a loved one. Sadly, loss is one of the certainties of life that we can’t outrun. Should you find yourself struggling with the loss of a loved one how you grieve may be different from how others grieve. Still,...
Helping Your Children Succeed In School
In our daily lives it’s easy to get caught up in all the tasks that we have to do. It’s very easy to push our children’s schooling to the back of our minds because after all that is why they’re in school- to have their education taken care of. However, it’s important...
Hammond Psychology & Associates receives 2015 Best of Brandon Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hammond Psychology & Associates, PA Receives 2015 Best of Brandon Award Brandon Award Program Honors the Achievement BRANDON April 2, 2015 -- Hammond Psychology & Associates, PA has been selected for the 2015 Best of Brandon Award in the...
Talking to Your Kids about Drugs
The worst thing a parent can do is ignore that something exists and unfortunately drugs are one of those things we don’t want our children to use but that does exist. Talking to your kids about drugs does several things. First, you’re acknowledging the elephant in the...
Helping Children with Learning Disorders
As parents all we really want is the best for our children and when we discover that they have a learning disorder it is often easy to fear that life will now be difficult for them. However, all hope is not lost. In fact, most children can use several techniques...
Helping your kids cope with divorce
Although it is often easier for older kids to handle, divorce is never easy at any age. Nonetheless, there are ways to help your kids cope with the fact that mommy and daddy aren’t going to be together anymore. Tell the truth about it. Often times this is difficult...
How to help a child with depression
Do you want to hear a saddening statistic? The third leading cause of death among young people ages 10-24 is suicide. Equally frightening is that more kids attempt suicide than those that actually succeed and each year more than 150,000 youths receive emergency...
