As parents, you want your child or teen to receive the best possible care, especially when it comes to their mental health. But finding the right therapist for your child or teen can feel daunting. Additionally, entrusting your child or teen’s emotional health to...
Summer is a time for relaxation, physical activity, and unstructured time. Yet, parents and educators may also wonder whether students experience the "summer slide" — a decline in academic skills due to the long break. This concern is especially important for students...
Anxiety and defiance in children can often be interconnected. Adults often expect anxious children to be shy, cautious, clingy, or worried. But anxiety can look differently depending on the child, fears, and situation. For instance, some children with anxiety display...
Sleep is essential for your teenager’s physical, mental, and emotional development. Yet, as many as 70% of teens get far less than the 8 to 10 hours of sleep they need each day. Often, teenagers are so busy with school, work, activities, and friends that they don’t...
Sleep — it’s essential to help us feel good, think clearly, and perform at our best. Yet everyone, even children, can have occasional trouble falling or staying asleep. They may be excited about an upcoming trip, worried about the first day of school, or just keyed up...
When there’s a problem, it’s natural to want to solve it as quickly as possible. So if your child’s school suggests a screen for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may first seek help from your child’s pediatrician or family doctor. An ADHD screening...
As a parent, you do everything you can to support your child, including their learning. Yet, when a teacher or the school suggests your child get “evaluated,” it can lead to uncertainties and questions. Many parents are left wondering: How will this really help? Will...
No matter how old your child is, it can be hard for them and you when they struggle to learn as quickly as their peers or fall behind academically. Depending on the situation and their age, they may put themselves down, feel like they can’t learn, or wonder what they...
