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'The Over-Pushed, Overscheduled Child: What to do if You Might be Pushing Your Kids Too Hard' Just Announced by Hale Dwoskin, Featured Expert in th

Sedona, AZ (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- Hale Dwoskin, founder of The Sedona Method and a featured teacher in the #1 blockbuster bestselling book and movie, "The Secret," has just announced 'What to do if You Might be Pushing Your Kids (the over-pushed, overscheduled child)

Too Hard.'

Once upon a time, childhood meant spending long summer days in tree houses or searching for frogs in a nearby stream. Children were allowed time to run and play, imagine and create, and to just "be kids."

Today, 43 percent of 13- to 14-year-olds said they feel stressed every single day, according to a 2003 survey conducted by Liberty Mutual and Students Against Destructive Decisions/Drunk Driving. Among 15- to 17-year-olds, the percentage rose to 59 percent.

Aside from living in more turbulent times, and kids feeling more pressure to perform well in school, this stress is often coming from feeling over-pushed and overwhelmed by too many activities.

The "overscheduled child" may even initially want to join all the activities, but soon may be at risk of:

? Fatigue, headaches, stomach pains and other physical symptoms of stress

? Mental upset, including irritability, anxiety (http://www.sedona.com/html/anxiety-and-fear.aspx) and depression

? Losing interest in the activities they once enjoyed

? Social withdraw

? Falling grades, as a result of being over-stressed

Moreover, kids who are constantly busy miss out on an important developmental factor: free time.

"A child who is constantly involved in all types of structured activities may not have the time to engage in important developmental activities such as self-reflection and self-evaluation," says clinical child psychologist Rob Heffer of Texas A&M University.

"The fact that our society values an adult who knows who he is, where he's come from and where he's going makes these developmental activities necessary ? An overscheduled child may not be as socially-skilled as the next kid because less time exists for forming relationships through informal, unstructured leisure time," he says.

Why You (the Parent) May be Pushing Your Child Too Hard

As a parent, it's easy to want your child to succeed, and exposing him or her to a wide variety of experiences is a key part of this. Indeed, nurturing the child's interests and exposing them to different activities and experiences IS an important part of development.

However, if a child is "scheduled" from early morning until late at night, with little time in between to simply do nothing, parents are likely pushing them too hard (and, ironically, may be causing them to resist the very thing they want them to do).

Hale Dwoskin, CEO and director of training of Sedona Training Associates says "When you push anyone, including a child, to do anything, you create resistance - even if it started out as something they originally wanted to do. It is better to invite and encourage from a feeling of caring or love than to push. The results will be much more productive."

Meanwhile, the child is missing out on creative time to think, explore, problem-solve and even sit and talk with their grandparents (which is surely highly more important than any dance class or summer camp).

A parent's own emotional issues, such as wanting their child to succeed where they did not, or wanting their child to have a better life than they did, may be the driving force to push a child too hard.

"The emotions underlying your subconscious or conscious overscheduling of your child could be endless (fear of not being a good parent, grief over something that you missed out on as a child, anxiety about becoming the 'best,' etc.) - but these feelings can be easily released with The Sedona Method," Dwoskin says.

The scientifically proven Sedona Method shows a person how to tap their natural ability to release and let go of the emotional factors (http://www.sedona.com/html/Sample-Of-Process.aspx) driving them to overschedule a child. Furthermore it will help one achieve emotional well-being, uncovering the natural ability to let go of any unwanted feelings in the moment, including the desire to push a child beyond the healthy limit.

The result will be the freedom to enjoy parenting without pushing a child to do too much, and having the confidence to know that he or she will be successful no matter what.

Right now everyone can get the free Insiders Guide to The Sedona Method email course sampler (http://www.sedona.com/lp-stressedkids.aspx) by inputting their name and email in the sidebar on the right at www.sedona.com/lp-stressedkids.aspx.

For more insights on the issue of parenting and related topics, Hale Dwoskin, New York Times Best-Selling author of The Sedona Method, featured expert in the film and New York Times bestseller "The Secret," and CEO and Director of Training of Sedona Training Associates, is available for interviews. http://www.sedona.com/the-secret-behind-the-secret.aspx) is an organization that teaches courses based on the emotional releasing techniques originated by Hale Dwoskin's mentor, Lester Levenson. Dwoskin is an international speaker and featured faculty member at Esalen and the Omega Institute. For over a quarter century, he has regularly been teaching The Sedona Method techniques to individuals and corporations throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Visit www.sedona.com.

">Sedona Training Associates (http://www.sedona.com/the-secret-behind-the-secret.aspx) is an organization that teaches courses based on the emotional releasing techniques originated by Hale Dwoskin's mentor, Lester Levenson. Dwoskin is an international speaker and featured faculty member at Esalen and the Omega Institute. For over a quarter century, he has regularly been teaching The Sedona Method techniques to individuals and corporations throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Visit www.sedona.com.

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