Parent Involvement in Schools
Our expert outlines steps a parent can take to get more involved with her child's school. read more
August 16, 1998
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Fostering Self-Esteem
When a child is talked about as if something is "wrong" with him, it can contribute significantly to his having little confidence in himself. read more
August 16, 1998
ADD and Bad Temper
Many complex factors cause behavior and learning problems. It takes considerable professional skills and patience to discover and treat them successfu... read more
August 16, 1998
Fear of Household Sounds
It's important to keep a three-year-old's life as secure and predictable as possible, and with as many regular pleasing rituals as possible. read more
January 13, 1998
Kindergartner Refuses to Learn the Alphabet
Let your son's first exposure to learning and socializing in a public school be free of parents' pressuring him to learn things. read more
August 16, 1998
Aggressive Five-Year-Old
Whatever you do, don't let someone start convincing you that you could control your child's impulses by medicating him. read more
January 14, 1998
Smart but Disruptive
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. read more
August 16, 1998
Sibling Rivalry
Children learn easily that they can and do get a lot of attention by being demanding, whining and never being satisfied. read more
January 15, 1998
Are Beauty Pageants Bad for Children?
The long-standing and currently overwhelming opinion in the psychology community concerning children's beauty pageants is that they are not in the bes... read more
January 15, 1998
Discipline vs. Abuse
Discipline is not punishment, and hurting children physically should NEVER be a part of discipline. read more
January 15, 1998
Telling a Child She's Adopted
There are many resources and organizations that advise adoptive parents on how and what to tell adopted kids at every chronological and developmental ... read more
January 15, 1998
Losing a Pet
Kids need to grieve over their pet's death and move through all the stages of that grieving process. read more
January 13, 1998