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When Your Son Becomes A Daughter: Examining Transgender Children

Posted on 27 September 2011. Tags: ADD, ADHD, African-American, atlanta, bipolar, black, blog, boy, celebrity, cnn gender identity disorder, Current events, depression, diagnosis, disorder, doctor, families, female, free, gender, gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder children, Georgia, girl, hormones, Information, lgbt, love, male, MD, Medically Speaking, mental health, morehouse college, Newsworthy, Parenting, pictures, podcast, psychiatrist, radio, relationship, schizophrenia, transgender, transgendered children, videos, YouTube

Think back to your earliest childhood memories. What were your favorite playthings? Did you prefer traditionally masculine toys or traditionally feminine toys? Now, imagine raising a son who prefers to act like a daughter; a tormented child pleading with you to cut off their genitals. Or a daughter who wants to wear her hair short [...]

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E-Thug Gets Whooped By His Uncle!

Posted on 07 January 2011. Tags: abuse, account, African-American, America, anger, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, boy, change, cheating, child, children, community, deception, discipline, e-thug, environment, facebook, fake, Family, fantasy, gangster, hateful, hurt, impression, lifestyle, love, lying, male, men, message, out of control, perpetrating, reality, relationships, relative, social media, thug, twitter, uncle, video, warning, young, YouTube

We have repeatedly talked about young Black men in our society, more so about suicide. But today we take a light-hearted approach to adolescent Black males to bring you this hilarious video. So whether you are SMH or LOL at this video, it sends a positive and much-needed message to young people in our Black [...]

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Should You Want A Thug At 30+…Or Just Grown Up?

Posted on 15 December 2010. Tags: abuse, affair, African-American, age, anger, anxiety, AskDrO.com, athletes, atlanta, attention, bad, behavior, bet, black, blog, boy, companion, compromise, convict, culture, d-boy, D.owens, date, dating, desirable, dissatisfaction, Dr. O, drama, drug dealer, edge, edgy, enforcement, ex-con, excitement, fathers, fault, female, forgive, gangster, gentleman, Georgia, giddy, girlish, grow up, gun, habit, hate, impression, intelligent, jeans, law, limit, love, loyal, male, Marriage, mature, Media Play, men, missing, movies, music, obsessive, older, out of control, owens, play, positive, preference, provider, psychiatry, rapper, relations, relationship, relationships, rough, roughneck, sagging, sex, sexual, simple, simplicity, slf-respect, social, socializing, swag, tattoos, television, thrill, thug, thuggish, Timbs, tv, wife beater, woman

You’re walking from an Atlanta Falcons game with your girlfriends, when suddenly you see him…a rough-looking, pants-sagging, fitted-cap wearing, smooth-talking man. You see him socializing outside of the stadium with his friends, makes a ruckus, laughing and drawing the attention from almost everyone who passes by (whether wanted or unwanted). As you walk past him, [...]

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AskDrO suggest a few Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for Children with ADHD

Posted on 14 December 2010. Tags: abnormal, abuse, activities, Adderall, ADHD, adolescent, affection, African-American, America, anger, anxiety, AskDrO.com, attention deficit, behavior, black, blog, bouts, boy, change, childhood, children, coping, D.owens, dad, deception, depression, disorder, Dr. O, dwight, environment, error, Family, father, fathers, fault, feelings, Focalin, forgive, forgiveness, frustration, girl, happy, illness, intake, lying, Marriage, men, mental, mom, mother, out of control, owens, parent, parents, perspective, physical, population, pressure, relations, relationship, relationships, Ritalin, sad, School, stimulant, tantrums, token, warning, White

Many of you have asked me to do a post on non-medicine interventions for your children. Please be advised that, from a physician’s perspective, a stimulant (Ritalin, Adderall or Focalin) is still absolutely essential for academic success of your child. However, I would like to suggest a couple of other ideas that may be helpful for [...]

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Getting Over Hurt: When Do You Let Go?

Posted on 07 December 2010. Tags: abuse, actions, anger, anxiety, arguments, AskDrO.com, attraction, behavior, black, blog, boy, challenge, change, communicate, confrontation, cooperation, couples, defensive, depression, disorder, downfall, Dr. O, drag, dynamics, emotional, emotions, enough, environment, fault, forgive, forgiveness, girl, humans, hurt, kids, man, Marriage, meditation, men, mindset, misled, obsessive, Opinions, out of control, over, owens, pain, people, preferences, reaction, rejected, relations, relationship, relationships, single, warning, woman, women, words

Whether it’s “I love you” or “I wish I never met you”, words can command emotions from us. At times, it’s not only words, but actions. As a result, we feel happy, sad, confused, rejected or comforted. These are especially prevalent in relationships, where living and working with one another becomes a challenge. Too often, [...]

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Why Can’t Shaniqua and Ray-Ray Read? AskDrO

Posted on 28 November 2010. Tags: 504 plan, abuse, academics, ADHD, administrators, admittance, African-American, anger, anxiety, askdro, AskDrO.com, atlanta, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behaviot, black, blog, boy, change, charter school, children, college, conference, D.owens, depression, diplomas, disability, disorder, Dr. O, education, excellence, failure, fathers, fault, female, Georgia, girl, graduation, IEP, institution, jail, kids, learning, literacy, male, math, meeting, men, mothers, out of control, owens, parent-teacher association, parents, percentage, phenomena, phonics, PTA, public school, pupil, Ray-Ray, reading, relationship, relationships, School, school board, Shaniqua, statistics, student, success, superintendent, system, teacher, warning, women, youth

Recent statistics show that only 50% of African-American students graduate in four years. I remember channel surfacing on day and stopped on BET’s popular music show 106 and Park. Their guest for the day was Will and Jada Pinkett’s nine year old daughter at the time, Willow Smith. 106 gave her a plaque to celebrate [...]

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