Kids

It's quite normal to be frightened of the steps it takes to learn to swim.

A child who won't eat may be having a power struggle with the parent. Find out why the problem may not really be food-related.

Find out why it's important to take antibiotics for the full ten days prescribed.

If you build your child's self-esteem on a regular basis, you'll have the foundation and the tools to discipline your child while still encouraging his self-worth.

Unfortunately, these days too many professionals, parents, and teachers immediately lean toward a diagnosis of ADD and/or ADHD when a child exhibits "fidgety" characteristics.

All kids repeatedly experience these kinds of feelings, as they learn to exist outside of their parents' presence.

Our expert recommends some great books on self-esteem and teens.

When a parent is consistently too harsh with her kids, a family therapist can help to restore a happier, healthier family life.

To find other parents of children with CP, call your local or regional CP headquarters and explain your needs to them.

The exact cause of febrile seizures, which are quite common, is still not known. Get information on how best to handle them.

A desperate mother complains that her daughter is turning the house into a garbage dump.

Whatever you do, don't let someone start convincing you that you could control your child's impulses by medicating him.

Kids say the main reason they bring guns to school is to protect themselves from real and/or potential violence.

Is there a way to stop a toddler from nail biting?

Kids who have always been labeled as very bright often don't know how to handle the confusion and fear of coming up against concepts and/or content that they can't understand immediately.

Many kids believe that if they were better kids -- i.e., performed perfectly -- their parents never would have become angry with each other and divorced.

Rather than debate the value of labeling kids as gifted, our expert tells a mother not to worry that her child is not in gifted classes.

The reward-and-punishment system does a poor job at teaching kids to be responsible for their own behavior; it makes parents responsible for it.