Browsing: Kids

Have you ever encountered a child with obsessive compulsive disorder? Bobby (a fictional character) is typical. His day is governed…

A parent’s biggest job is to take care of his or her children. There are a lot of responsibilities: providing…

Children need to play—for social, physical and emotional development, and for mental health. As a matter of fact, play is…

With a half-dozen two-by-four Lego bricks, a child literally has millions of different creations at his or her fingertips. A…

That shelf of books on mean girls and childhood friendships? I read them all and still screwed up. For years,…

Stress is everywhere and affects everyone. Children are no exception. But unlike adults, kids are rarely mature enough to explain…

A number of years ago we had the opportunity to visit an alternative school that individualized curriculum to meet specific…

At the beginning of the 20th century, teachers didn’t assign much homework because parents didn’t want it to interfere with…

“My second child is so advanced cognitively and physically,” one parent said, “that it is hard to compare him to…

When Sarah Schiffer gave birth to her son, Danny, six years ago, there was nothing amiss. A healthy, bright-eyed boy,…