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    Behavior and Discipline

    Most families benefit from professional advice when a child becomes difficult to handle.

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    ADHD

    An aunt asks for suggestions on how to make her visiting nephew with ADHD comfortable in her home.

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    School Safety

    Paying attention to threats is always appropriate. Here is some advice on how to evaluate a situation.

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    Home Safety

    Our reporter asks gun control experts for the answer.

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    School Safety

    After a lapse in school safety, it's reasonable to express your concerns to the school in a letter -- and to receive a response.

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    Fitness in Kids

    Read how one sports league found a unique way to enure good sportsmanship on the field and in the stands.

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    ADHD

    When the relatives are coming to visit, find out how to prepare them for dealing with your child with ADHD.

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    Social Development

    Nine is far too young to be having a solitary, romantic boyfriend or girlfriend.

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    Online Safety

    A child who won't follow the rules about Internet use should face the consequences: no computer use at all.

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    Childhood Illness

    Zoster ("Shingles") is contagious only to those people who have not had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine. The course of this disease is usually mild and the prognosis good.

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    Neurodiversity in Kids

    A parent asks whether threatening a student with a documented learning disability is a common teaching practice for inclusion.

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    ADHD

    Find out what to do when your child's teachers doubt a diagnosis of ADHD, or don't understand it.

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    ADHD

    Our expert advises a parent who fears her son may have a disability.

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    Neurodiversity in Kids

    What sort of accommodations can a child with LD get on standardized state tests?

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    Neurodiversity in Kids

    A parent or legal guardian has the right to start the evaluation process, as spelled out in the special education laws of the U.S.

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    Online Safety

    Step one in avoiding chat room problems is to succeed at some form of authentic communication with your child.

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    ADHD

    Gifted children can exhibit ADD tendencies. Here are some tips on helping to diagnose this combination.

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    Instilling Values and Manners

    Before you actually buy that pony, take a minute to talk with your kids about the things that really matter.

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