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The Comparison Machine: Social Media and a Teenager's Self-Worth

Adolescence has always involved measuring yourself against other people. What is new is the scale, the precision, and the fact that it never closes.

Reviewed by Sian TrombleyCanadian Certified Counsellor

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Digital World

Millions of children now talk daily to something that always answers, never tires, and never disagrees. What that does to a developing…

Executive Functioning

The child who cannot start their homework is not choosing comfort over effort. They are stuck at a step no one has…

Sensory Processing

The supermarket, the school hall, the label in the collar. For some children the volume of ordinary life is turned up in…

Emotional Regulation

Three states that look similar from across the room and need almost opposite responses from you.

Sleep

Almost every difficulty a family brings to therapy is worse on four hours' sleep. Bedtime is not a discipline issue — it…

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