Advice & Support

Without a more realistic discussion of the many difficulties and trade-offs and heartache involved in being parents of different children, this kind of book makes us feel bad.

Dr. Gabrielle Carlson tells us that, like any troubling behavior, parents should worry about extreme outbursts when they meet three criteria: they're persistent, pervasive, impairing.

Children with anxiety disorders like OCD rely on parents to help them avoid what they fear. But cooperation only makes the fear worse. In therapy parents learn to help kids fight back.

Play violence is developmentally appropriate for young kids, but teachers should always be on the lookout for warning signs of problem behavior.

Dr. Al Ravitz discusses how pornography's depiction of sex can skew a young person's views. We should help our children avoid harmful stereotypes and unrealistic expectations.

Unless your doctor's worried about nutrition, what's important is helping kids feel good about trying new tastes

When kids are so averse to foods that they're malnourished, or avoidance is seriously limiting their lives, they may need help. Often the culprit is anxiety.

They are the first people parents turn to when there is a problem, Dr. Gabrielle Carlson says—but we need better training and more specialists to adequately care for children in distress.

Dr. Lydia Soifer, founder and director of the Soifer Center for Learning and Development, discusses how exposure to rich and diverse language is crucial. For her, language is a "marvelous, powerful tool."

As kids with ADHD hit high school, they may have outgrown some symptoms, but they also face new challenges and expectations