Competition -- whether in sports, academics, or the arts -- can show any person how to deal with both success and defeat.
When a child has tested as gifted but the timing isn't right to get gifted services at a new school, her parent should take action.
Talking about one's feelings can help solve anger and frustration.
Bragging about his abilities can easily cause a child trouble socially.
In general, children attend special-education classes if their academic and/or social needs cannot be met in a less restrictive environment.
Most teachers have had minimal or no course work about the needs of children with ADHD.
Avoid using any product for ADHD that has not been rigorously tested both for safety and for effectiveness.
A parent who seeks a new school for her son wants to know what questions to ask about teaching methods for nonverbal LD.
Sexual curiosity of this nature at your daughter's age is a normal part of her development.
What can you do to encourage a child to make real friends and take part in social activities?
Is it unreasonable to forbid an 11-year-old from hanging out at the mall unsupervised with kids you don't know well, and/or without the presence of an adult?
Here's what to do when your child fears getting up in front of groups.
At what age should children begin to set goals, use their time wisely, and save money?
When medication is failing to make a child "available to learn," an adjustment or change may be called for.
Parents need to be on the same page when it comes to the use of foul language in front of your children.
Learn about eczema in children, and the best ways to treat it.
Learn which foods seem to help with "binding" up the excess fluids and waste that occur with diarrhea.
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