Alex was eight and in third grade when I met him. He was referred to me because of his behavior problems and was said to have “Oppositional Defiant Disorder.”

I was sitting with a client a few weeks ago -- someone I have known for some time. He is a hard-working professional, husband, and father.

Media and technology have changed our lives in many positive ways. Radio brought local and world news, and entertainment to our family rooms.

During childhood, young people typically remember the stages of their lives in time stamps of school years and summer vacations.

Last month, I gave the opening keynote address on "2e 360: Lessons Learned From Working With 2e Youth, Raising 2e Kids, and Living 2e" at the annual SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) Conference in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Two of this summer's most popular movies are stories of young people dealing with the harsher challenges of life both through illness and evil.

In his roles as Executive Director of Summit Center, author of books on creativity and worry, and national speaker on raising creative kids who can communicate and lead fruitful lives, Dr. Dan Peters finds himself writing a lot about his personal life.

The annual SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) national conference is coming to San Jose, July 18-20, 2014– in the Bay Area for the first time ever.

Anxiety has become a regular part of our society and daily lives for our children (and ourselves).

In the first installment of my three-part blog series on Worry and your child, we talked about the definition of worry.

In my last blog, I talk about worry and anxiety and how these emotions manifest themselves as stressors for our children both physically and emotionally.

We all live with worry from time to time, some more than others, but as adults we've hopefully learned to deal with these uncomfortable feelings in productive ways.