April 2020
Handling Your Kid’s Disappointment When Everything Is Canceled
School and events are shutting down, impacting children in unexpected ways. Here’s how to deal with the letdown. By Erinne Magee March 18, 2020 • Taken from the New York Times When I told my [...]
March 2020
Want to Raise Thoughtful, Well-Adjusted Children? Let Them Hear You Say These 11 Things, According to Parenting Experts
I recently wrote about what parents should let their kids see them doing to role-model well-adjusted behavior and have been planning this follow-up piece. Why? Because helping children to grow up successful and levelheaded is [...]
February 2020
Anxiety & Anxiety Disorders in Children: Information for Parents
By Thomas J. Huberty, PhD, NCSP Indiana University Anxiety is one of the most common experiences of children and adults. It is a normal, adaptive reaction, as it creates a level of arousal and alertness [...]
December 2019
How to Help Kids Learn to Love Giving
by Jason Marsh During the holidays, opportunities abound to help kids understand why and how to help people in need, with food drives proliferating and countless organizations making pitches for end-of-year donations. And there’s scientific [...]
How the Outdoors Makes Your Kids Smarter
The freedom to move and play outside inspires creativity and improves brain function By Katie Arnold When I was eight years old, I spent an hour every autumn day after school shooting baskets in our [...]
November 2019
One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Educators
By Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD The story of one of the most remarkable students of human learning in the 20th century is not widely known. This is a pity, partly because the story itself is [...]