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Seasonal Affective Disorder / SAD / Kids

October 16, 2013 by kidstra

Winter is fast approaching. The squirrels are stashing away their favorite nuts. The bears are looking for caves in which to hibernate. And you should be boning up on sad and SAD so that you can recognize such symptoms in your kids (or yourself) should they appear. (This is an update of an article that […]

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Seasonal Affective Disorder in Children

November 5, 2010 by kidstra
Depressed Child

A frequent dose of sunshine is the right tonic to keep your kids hale and hearty if you reside where winters are long and the days short. Here is what you should know: 1. Sunlight helps minimize being sad and having SAD.  Sad (small letters) is having the “winter blues.”  SAD (capital letters) stands for […]

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