Kids

Our expert is concerned that a parent's attempts to correct a "listening" problem appear to be forms of punishment.

A parents wants to know how to teach her 11-year-old son to deal with his anger and respond appropriately to kids who pick on him.

A mother wonder how she can get her six-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome to cooperate on routine tasks like dressing and eating.

The unfortunate reality about being a small boy in this culture is that one will most likely receive jibes for it throughout childhood.

When a child has trouble with classmates, it helps to look for friendships outside of school -- in social, civic, athletic, religious, and volunteer kids' groups.

An expert explains how to handle inappropriate outbursts from a ten-year-old.

A parent who questions an ADD diagnosis in her child is advised to rethink the child's school problems.

The best solution to this problem is a pediatric dentist/orthodontist.

When a child throws a violent tantrum, it's time to have a heart-to-heart.

In the U.S., it has become frighteningly common to suggest that any child who is a "behavior problem" for teachers should go on Ritalin.

Millions of children in the U.S. -- mostly boys -- are being labeled and misdiagnosed with learning disorders.

Many complex factors cause behavior and learning problems. It takes considerable professional skills and patience to discover and treat them successfully.

Don't let some neighbor's news of "supposed" developmental delays in a couple of her kids cloud your ability to see and to be excited by the healthy, safe and secure lives your boys are living.

Sometimes a child needs a different world view -- one that doesn't insist on him being first at everything he does.

Every child needs to incorporate the learning that he is not the center of the universe.

Being fundamentally powerless in a world of adults, kids cling to their routines to give them a sense of calm and control.

Tips on what to do when your child consistently wakes up unhappy in the morning.

Just because a child hasn't made any loyal friends doesn't mean she should be removed from school and homeschooled.