Does Your Brain Work Differently Depending on the Season?
This is the first study ever to show that brain functions differ depending on the season.
Why America's Schools Have a Money Problem
Property values vary a lot from neighborhood to neighborhood, district to district. And with them, tax revenues.
Half a million kids have elevated blood levels of lead, according to the CDC - and Elmo
More than half a million kids have elevated blood levels of lead, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Are School Athletes Inadequately Protected?
There are no nationwide guidelines to protect high school athletes from crippling or fatal injuries.
55 Percent of Adults Believe Kids Health Worse Today Than When They Were Children
Most U.S. Adults Say Today's Children Have Worse Health Than in Past Generations; Higher stress, diminished quality family time linked to worse health for children
What Science Says About Why Boys Are Fascinated With Trucks
Research suggests that testosterone is the reason boys are fascinated in trains, planes and automobiles. However, stereotypes should not be rules to follow.
Is It Possible to Tell if Your Child Will Become an Addict?
It's also often possible to predict a child's risk of future addiction, and there's strong evidence that some people are born more vulnerable.
Here's How to Apologize Correctly
It's all about actually taking responsibility.
Damn this is confusing: butter might be better for the heart after all
It's not be a health food, but researchers find evidence that replacing butter with vegetable oils does not decrease risk of heart disease.
Apps that invade kids privacy are "recipe for arrested development"
A parents desire to spy might have less to do with keeping kids safe, and more to do with a burning desire to lower his or her own anxiety.
A Rule of Thumb to Improve Your Conversation Skills
A good rule of thumb is to ask two to three questions and then make a statement.
How Family Dinners Promote Food Literate Kids
If you need a food mantra to keep you going, try this: make it yourself, eat it together.
Why My Sons Don't Call Each Other On Their Birthdays
My middle son called the other day and told me he tried to call his older brother but there was no answer. “I suppose he’s out with his friends,” I said, “celebrating his birthday.” “Today’s his b...
Live Music Makes Us Feel Better
This is the first preliminary evidence that attending a cultural event can have an impact on endocrine activity.
If parents and educators work together, it is possible to protect targeted children, empower bystanders, and support aggressors in their transformation.
New Study: Concussions Can Negatively Alter Parent-Child Relationships
The young brain is particularly vulnerable to injury and one of the first visible signs of social difficulties in young children is a decline in their relationship with their parents. The incidence...
Millions of Maternal and Child Lives Could Be Saved Every Year for Less Than $5 a Person
Improving care at the time of birth gives a quadruple return on investment.
5 Strategies to Reduce Your Kid's Anxiety You Can Implement Today
As a Child and Family Therapist, the concern I hear most is “I think my child may have anxiety, and I’m not sure how to help." Here are research-based tips.
New Food Labels Would Tell You How Long It Takes to Burn Off Calories
New Food Labels Would Tell You How Long It Takes to Burn Off Calories Seriously, what's a calorie anyway? Put it to me in plain English, food making companies. Actually, if they were really going ...
Curing Food Allergies with Food
Active avoidance of food allergens in baby's diets did not protect them from developing food allergies, and may even have contributed to the large increase we've seen
Less Distraction Means More Happiness
Practicing these four skills can provide the substrate for enduring change, which can help to promote higher levels of well-being in our lives.
Heather Shumaker: Kids Need to Take Risks
We talked to author Heather Shumaker ("It's OK Not to Share" and "It's OK to Go Up the Slide) about the difference between danger and risk for teens online.
It Only Takes Small Increases in Sleep to Improve Grades
Small cumulative sleep extension can improve kids' academic performance.
Why mothers of tweens – not babies – are the most depressed
We studied more than 2,200 mostly well-educated mothers with children ranging from infants to adults, and examined multiple aspects of mothers’ personal wellbeing, parenting and perceptions of thei...