Is football dangerous? It’s a question many parents are asking themselves now that summer vacation is but a distant memory. Kids are back in school which means try-outs. Should you let your child try out for the football team? Or is football dangerous? As a parent, your duty is first and foremost to keep your […]
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10 Ways to Help Your Child Do Better in School
Help your child do better in school? What mother would say no to that idea? Sure, most kids start off the school year happy and excited and full of bubbly spirits. They come home wanting to tell you all about the new friends they’ve made, the old friends with whom they’ve reunited, and how awesome […]
Childhood Apraxia Of Speech, Autism, Or Both?
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder which makes it difficult for children to speak sounds, syllables, and words. The difficulty has nothing to do with weak muscles or paralysis. Instead, in childhood apraxia of speech, the brain has a problem with planning out how to move the body parts used for […]
Polygenic Scores and What They Tell Us About the Way Siblings Learn
Polygenic scores tell us how likely it is that a person’s genetic structure is going to support that person’s ability to get an education. In other words, if your child has a high polygenic score, he or she is more likely to go on to get a higher education. Scientists base the polygenic score on […]
Lice Advice From a Mother of 12
Lice are in the news. In fact, in the days leading up to the long-awaited first day of school, the news has been, um, lousy with stories about lice: lice that are resistant to pyrethroids, the active ingredient in most lice shampoos and preparations; and lice that kids get as a result of posing for […]
Backpack Safety Tips
Backpack safety is a concern to any parent who has witnessed children bent under the weight of a backpack or doing the “backpack shrug,” that particular move in which children thrust their shoulders up and forward to make a hefty backpack settle into a more comfortable shape for the back. It’s about redistributing the weight, […]
WATCH: Stranger Danger Social Experiment Video
A new stranger danger video is freaking us out. Why? Because it’s an idea we mostly thought we’d covered as parents and teachers: Stranger Danger. By now, everyone knows the phrase “stranger danger.” We all know what it means. Even very young children. But guess what? Kids haven’t taken in the message of stranger danger at […]