TWENTY years ago, kids in preschool, kindergarten and even first and second grade spent much of their time playing: building with blocks, drawing or creating imaginary worlds, in their own

For most kids, summers are a time for relaxed, unstructured, low-key fun.  Or, perhaps, a time to change everything up and head off to camp and family vacations. Most kids

A new study suggests changes in diagnostic rules have caused increases in autism cases The number of children diagnosed with autism has ballooned in recent years, but the reason for

Do you dread the day that your loved one needs to have fingernails trimmed or get a haircut?  Do you put it off until the broken nails leave scratch marks

It’s that time of year when we still have months of damp and cold ahead of us, the viruses show no sign of waning and the travel operators are bombarding

So you’ve prepared your child for his/her new little sibling as we mentioned in our previous post Promoted To Big Brother | Tips For Introducing Baby #2, and now your

Some doctors think that the long-term benefits of stimulant medications are presumptive at best. A debate has grown among medical professionals who treat the more than 6.4 million children diagnosed with attention

Fears are a normal part of childhood—and so is learning to overcome them. But kids with learning and attention issues may have more fears than other kids do. They may worry about

My child hates the feeling of sand between their toes. My child hates walking on grass. My child can’t stand playing with goop or slime. My child hates rice play.

An Angry Toddler As parents, we’ve all been there. We’ve seen the meltdowns and heard the screams that tell us our toddler is angry. Angry at Mom or Dad, angry