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Helping Kids with Challenging Behavior, featuring Stuart Ablon, PhD – Shrinking It Down

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Rewards. Punishments. Incentives.

Gaming Disorder – Shrinking It Down

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Our Greatest Strengths, Part 2 – Shrinking It Down

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At the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, we think a lot about helping kids as they’re growing up with all sorts of challenges.

How Scary Is Too Scary?

Here is my most vivid memory of Halloween as a child:

I’m 8 years old. I have, to my father’s delight, developed an affinity for the “creature-features” that appear on the old UHF stations every Saturday from 10 AM to noon. I love Boris Karloff as Frankenstein and Bela Lugosi as Dracula.

Shrinking It Down: The Death of a Pet

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Last season, we talked about the benefits of pets for our kids’ mental health. That unconditional love helps our children to build skills and navigate important life lessons.

Shrinking It Down: When Nightmares Become Reality in the U.S. (Special Episode)

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In research that’s been done about kids’ fears, the most frightening thing is losing or being left without a parent.

Through the events at the U.S.

Shrinking It Down: Beyond High School (Season 1, Episode 15)

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Shrinking It Down: Kids, Marches, and Media (Season 1, Episode 14)

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Recently, youth-driven marches such as ‘March for Our Lives’ have received extensive media coverage.

Creativity Gives Our Brains a Boost: Shrinking It Down (Season 1, Episode 12)

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Shrinking It Down: Political Angst in America? (Season 1, Episode 6)

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According to a 2017 report by the American Psychological Association, 2/3 of Americans feel stressed about the future of our nation, including a majority of each Democrats and Republicans.