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The Toxic Advice You Are Giving To Your Kids

June 27, 2019 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

“Always try your best” is a sage piece of advice almost every parent has shared with their kids. This saying is seemingly innocent, but in […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Well-Being Tagged With: advice, bad, best, children, doing your best, kids, parenting, school, skills, Stress, toxic, what not to say

Spanking Is Harmful to Children

May 11, 2016 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Every once in  while, the issue of spanking reignites the controversy over whether it is an effective parenting practice or should be avoided. I blogged at […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: 10000 Maniacs, aggression, children, discipline, harmful, Marty Toohey, meta-analysis, Natalie Merchant, spanking, Statesman, What's the Matter Here?

Preparation for Time-Out

October 29, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

As I discussed in my last blog, decades of research have shown that, when used correctly, time-out is an effective discipline strategy for the majority […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: child, children, discipline, effective, family rules, time out

What Can Parents Do About Video Game Violence? (Part 8)

May 29, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

At last! Here’s the final part on the topic, Does Video Game Violence Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent? In this part, I focus […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting Tagged With: adolescents, children, parents, video games, violence

Does Video Game Violence Cause Children & Adolescents to Become Violent? – Part 6: U.S. Crime Trends

April 29, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Welcome back, everyone! This is Part 6 of the series Does Video Game Violence Cause Children & Adolescents to Become Violent? I hope you’ve seen the […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: adolescents, children, crime, kids, teens, trends, video games, violence, violent

Does Video Game Violence Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent? Video Blog Part 5

April 23, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Hey Gang! I’m getting close to wrapping up this series on the topic, “Does Video Game Violence Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent?” In […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions, Parenting Tagged With: adolescents, children, kids, limitations, research, teens, video games, violence, violent

Does Video Game Violence Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent? Part 4

April 1, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Welcome back, everyone! I hope that you have seen the other three parts of this series entitled Does Video Game Violence Cause Children and Adolescents […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: adolescents, children, evolution, video games, violence, violent

Does Video Game Violence Cause Children & Adolescents to Become Violent? Part 3 – The Benefits of Video Games

March 7, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I have a new video blog (below) on the benefits of playing video games. I’ve been blogging about the issue of whether video game violence […]

Filed Under: Brain & Neuroscience, Cyberpsychology - Book & Media Recs, Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: adolescents, benefits, children, create, creative, innovative, Minecraft, research, video games, violence

Video Blog: Do Violent Video Games Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent? (Part 2)

February 26, 2013 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Welcome back, everyone! Here’s the second part of my series entitled Do Video Games Cause Children and Adolescents to Become Violent? I will have 3-5 […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Negative Moods & Emotions, Parenting Tagged With: adolescents, children, research, video games, violence, violent

The Keys to Being an Effective Parent

November 6, 2011 by Dr. Mike Brooks 3 Comments

As parents, we all try to do our best to do a good job. But with thousands of books on the topic of parenting as […]

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