Kids

By expanding a child's social universe, parents can increase her chances of meeting new kids and making friendships.

A high-school teen wonders how she can please her parents after changing her major to suit her own interests.

Our expert agrees with a mother that she should be concerned about her excessive worrying over her daughter.

It would not be fair to make your daughter feel that she is another child's "savior."

A mother seeks advice on how to find a therapist who is a good fit for both her and her daughter.

Rewards and punishments really don't work as instructive discipline techniques -- logical and natural consequences are the best route to take.

No exploration of your child's safety can be complete without taking a clear-eyed look down the barrel of vital statistics.

Six-year-olds do not experience the hormone-influenced attraction that may begin to occur in preadolescence.

It is not "normal" or healthy for a child to be so distressed for so long.

Social development is as important as any other area of childhood development.

A young teen needs some skilled, compassionate therapy after losing his best friend to leukemia.

What should you do when the school district says your child has a low IQ and outside testing shows he has a high IQ?

Is it true that children with ADD are right-sided children who are more visual learners then left-sided children?

Find out how soon after fracturing a collarbone a child can resume normal activities.

If your child doesn't succeed on the playing field, find other ways to boost his self-image.

A parent wonders whether to send her child to a summer camp that had "one bad apple."

In this article, an expert offers some DO and DON'T advice for parents of teenagers who are instant messenging.

There is often a genetic component to learning disabilities.