The holidays can be stressful for anyone, but for households with one or more neurodiverse family members, what’s typically a time for celebration and excitement can feel overwhelming. With stressors ranging from noisy, crowded airports…
If you haven’t had to have tough conversations with your kids about divorce, the death of a relative, the loss of a pet, inappropriate text messages, school shootings, or other tragedies, consider yourself lucky. While…
The brain changes immensely in the teen years. If you’ve got a teenager, you’ve probably mumbled, “What were they thinking?” to yourself at least once (or maybe a few times) while assessing a chaotic room…
Despite being one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, we still have a lot to learn about brain differences in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). What is ADHD? The umbrella term…
When it comes to predicting how successful a child or teen will be, it’s not intelligence (IQ) that comes out on top. It’s emotional intelligence. Why? Cognitive intelligence is developed though the knowledge a personal…
Beyond food, family, friends and football, Thanksgiving is about being grateful. It’s literally right in the name. But gratitude can go far beyond annual holidays. In fact, most of us would love to raise kids…
Almost all parents have witnessed their child or teen struggling to find the motivation to complete a chore, such as cleaning their room. But what about when there’s a lack of effort related to academics,…
Getting your middle schooler talking can feel like an Olympic sport some days. In some ways, it was easier having a conversation with your student when they were in elementary school. Sure, they’d tell you…
Few people get burned out as quickly as working moms, who are often juggling not only job responsibilities, but also the majority of childrearing, homework help, cooking, cleaning, and other family-focused tasks. To a working mom,…
There are a lot of misconceptions about dyslexia, a learning disability that the Child Mind Institute estimates to affect as many as one in five children. In addition, the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity…