Kids

Medication should never be prescribed for a child without adequately examining the child and seeking to modify the environment.

Pre-employment questions are low-tech, easy tests you can perform when screening someone to take care of your kids.

Most kids are a little afraid of going to middle school, but they don't all admit it.

Nail biting is generally self-limiting and should be viewed as normal behavior.

A germ from the Herpes family called Epstein-Barr Virus causes infectious mononucleosis. This virus is spread through the saliva (hence the term "kissing disease"); only occasionally by contact with blood.

Our expert is alarmed by the description of a six-year-old's rage and violence.

Learn how to handle a special teen who wants to quit school.

Determine if your child is gifted.

After years of telling her daughter ''never talk to strangers," a mother wonders how to begin to say ''now it's okay to talk to strangers."

Check out if your local playground meets safety standards.

When a child confesses to misbehavior, he should know that your disapproval does not threaten your love for him.

Our expert helps a teen understand the process of creative decision making.

A parent questions whether she's wrong to forbid sleepovers at a neighbor's house where there are several guns.

Help your child know how to take care of himself if he is alone at home or out on his own.

Here are some tips on what to teach your child to do if she is ever lost.

By Gavin de Becker

Help your kids learn how to find a "safe" stranger if they're ever lost, alone, or in danger.

By Gavin de Becker

A safety expert offers advice about how to best protect your child fromdanger or violence.

There are simple steps you can take to make your pool safer for young children.