Teen Brain: Behavior, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Many parents do not understand why their teenagers occasionally behave in an impulsive, irrational, or dangerous way. At times, it seems like teens don’t think things through or fully consider the consequences of their actions. Adolescents differ from adults in Read more >>
Why Parents Shouldn’t Use Food as Reward or Punishment
Using food as a reward or as a punishment can undermine the healthy eating habits that you’re trying to teach your children. Giving sweets, chips, or soda as a reward often leads to children overeating foods that are high in Read more >>
Language Delays in Young Children
A lack of socialization over the past two years has a lot of parents worried about their children’s language development. In fact, one of the most viewed articles in our online Resource Library right now focuses on speech delays in Read more >>
Research has found that providing children from birth to five with consistent, language-rich experiences – such as talking, reading, and singing – can have important benefits on their brain development and future school success. Read more >>
Concerned About Your Child’s Development? [downloadable] [web resource]
As a parent, you know your child best. If your child is not meeting the milestones for his or her age, or if you think there could be a problem with the way your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and Read more >>
What Happened to American Childhood?
To protect children from physical harm, we buy car seats, we childproof, we teach them to swim, we hover. How, though, do you inoculate a child against future anguish? For that matter, what do you do if your child seems Read more >>
Healthy Minds: Prioritizing Mental Health [web resource] [downloadable]
It’s important to support the mental health of all children—before, during and after challenges arise — and to support parents’ and caregivers’ mental health too. Read more >>
Rate of ADHD, Autism Diagnoses Higher Among Children on Medicaid, Study Finds
Children covered under Medicaid are twice as likely to be diagnosed with disorders such as ADHD or autism compared with those who have private insurance, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry found. Read more >>
Babies Born During Pandemic at Greater Risk for Developmental Delays, Study Finds
Babies born during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States showed more evidence of developmental delays at age 6 months compared with those delivered before the virus emerged, a study published by JAMA Pediatrics found. Read more >>
Mindfulness Minutes Series Helps Children Learn About Mindfulness [web resource]
You may be wondering why mindfulness is important for your child. Mindfulness gives kids the habit of focusing on the present moment and ignoring distractions, promotes happiness and patience by lowering social anxiety and stress, teaches them to stay calm Read more >>
