
You Are NOT Ruining Your Kids: A Positive Perspective on the Working Mom
Watch a candid discussion with Sheila B. Jordan, senior vice president and chief information officer at Symantec and author of You Are NOT Ruining Your Kids! Read more >>

You Are NOT Ruining Your Kids: A Positive Perspective on the Working Mom
Watch a candid discussion with Sheila B. Jordan, senior vice president and chief information officer at Symantec and author of You Are NOT Ruining Your Kids! Read more >>

How to Raise an Optimistic Human in a Pessimistic World
If you’re raising kids today, it can be easy to focus on the negative. And it’s no wonder. Due to the 24-hour news cycle, social media and cellphone notifications — and even sources you wouldn’t expect, such as Instagram and Read more >>

Books to Help Kids and Teens Deal with Challenges [web resource]
Magination Press was created out of a desire to publish innovative books that would help children deal with the many challenges and problems they face as they grow up. Written for ages 4 through 18, these books deal with topics Read more >>

Managing Stress for a Healthy Family
Most U.S. adults (83%) cite inflation as a significant source of stress, according to APA’s October 2022 Stress in America survey. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, households with children have consistently fared worse than households without children. Read more >>

MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia [downloadable]
Millions of Americans struggle to read and it’s often because they have dyslexia. An estimated five to 20 percent of kids are dyslexic but some don’t realize it. These students’ dyslexia go unnoticed and they struggle in school with feelings Read more >>

Changing U.S. Students’ Mindsets about Learning Improves Academic Achievement
In the United States, many students’ grades drop in the transition between middle school and high school and often never recover. This drop can lead to students underperforming in their high school coursework or opting out of more challenging coursework, Read more >>

Students with Disabilities are Almost Twice as Likely to Be Victims of Cyberbullying
Researchers found that almost one third of students with disabilities (30%) have experienced cyberbullying within the past year, as a victim, perpetrator, or both, compared to 20% of students without disabilities. Read more >>

Can Preventing Childhood Trauma Improve Adult Health?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. ACEs can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Read more >>
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids and Start Raising Kind Ones
As anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for their kids, Read more >>

No More ‘At-Risk’ Students in California
A bill to remove references to “at-risk youth” and replace the term with “at-promise youth” in California’s Education Code and Penal Code was approved by California governor Gavin Newsom in mid-October. The bill does not change the definition of “at Read more >>