Category: anti-social behavior

Child Pushing Boundaries? Why You’re Little Rule-Breaker May Be a Future Rule-Maker

Well it took seven years but finally got the note. The one about bad behavior at school, in this case, the locker room. My third-grader allegedly instigated a “slow down” to delay gym class and the dreaded “pacer test”. Hardly the stuff of a burgeoning anti-social personality disorder. Still, I briefly wondered if my daughter with the occasional display of Wii-induced ADHD who rarely spoke aloud in preschool had u-turned into the child strategically …

The No-Play Playdate

So it’s not The Playdate From Hell but it’s more common, subtle and insidious. It’s more like The Playdate From Purgatory: Two kids slumped on the couch, yours chewing a chunk of hair, the other staring at the floor. Your kid’s been begging to have so and so over and nothing, nothing is happening. No talk much less play. They can’t agree on …

Girls Gone Wild Getting Dissed?

Who’s most likely to become depressed in adolescence? A. Young girls who exhibit depressionB. Young girls who exhibit anti-social behaviorC. Young girls who exhibit anxiety If you answered “A” – think again. Anti-social behavior and anxiety best predict adolescent depression in girls. Researchers at University of Wisconsin followed first- and …