Kids

Reading a checklist on gifted behavior can help a parent determine whether a child should be tested.

What can you do when your school's gifted programming ends in the middle-school years?

Read what an expert advises the parents of a child with ADHD who is always in trouble.

Here are some tricks to help a perfectionist child be a little less perfect.

A move from one type of school system to another, plus a prolonged absence from school, can be disruptive to a young child.

It's not at all unusual for parents to suspect that their preschooler might be exhibiting signs of ADHD.

Many young adults with a history of learning problems reach a crisis of confidence as they prepare to graduate from high school.

A child who has an Individualized Education Plan for speech is covered under IDEA.

This phase passes as a child matures and is accepted into a wider age-range group. Meantime, keep trying to bring new friends into her life.

Parents of picky eaters believe their children came into the world that way. Those whose children eat everything give themselves a big pat on the back. But who's right?

Developmentally, it's often difficult for young children to understand directions and rules.

Sometimes schools seem to go too far when it comes to enforcing discipline in the cafeteria.

It's more important to stick to a consistent disciplinary style than to try everything to see what works.

It's not "cool" to be fat, but that hasn't prevented today's obesity epidemic among American youth.

Find out about Wicca — and why it's so popular with young girls.

Help your child focus on the big picture of schoolwork when excessive details bog her down.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

A parent disagrees with her child's teachers, who think he has ADHD.