There's so much information — and anxiety — out there about how much time your kids should spend using devices. Here's our video guide to balancing the need for limits with the potential benefits....

March 22, 2018

Executive functions — cognitive abilities related to planning, organizing, and remembering information — are often deficient in children with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Now, a new study¹ finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share many of the same executive functioning...

I’m helping Jasmine get ready for school when she sneezes and shoots a snot rocket the size of a marble across the room.

“Daddy,” she says, “I doh feel so good.”

“I see that,” I say. I feel her forehead, and she’s blazing hot. Laurie gets the thermometer and Jasmine’s...

A Gallup poll finds teachers support measures like background checks for gun buyers, but little enthusiasm for bearing arms.

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The baseball player Chili Davis once said “growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.”

It is very difficult to parent a young adult who thinks her age entitles her to certain freedoms, but still acts like a little girl. While it may seem like your daughter has a motivation problem that’s causing her...

If there are 14-year-old boys out there who care about their grades, I have never met them. I have two sons. One had ADHD, and the other was very unmotivated.

To get both of them through high school, I had to accept that my job wasn’t to bring them up to their highest possible achievement. My job was to keep their heads...

March 21, 2018

Traumatic brain injuries — or TBIs — affect as many as one million children each year in the U.S. Previous research has found that children who experience TBIs are more likely to develop ADHD in the years immediately following the injury; now, a small new study¹ finds that the risk of developing ADHD...

She’s trembling, she can’t breathe, and she’s hyperventilating, all at the same time. She panics, you panic. Welcome to the world of anxiety attacks. They can come on suddenly and without warning to people who suffer from anxiety. Although stress and anxiety exacerbate the likelihood of having a panic attack,...

Dear AS,

It can be quite difficult for girls with challenges like ADHD and anxiety to connect socially with their peers. The reasons for this are numerous — and complicated. For example, if she is distracted or anxious, your daughter may miss critical social cues, which puts her out of sync in conversations and in social...

The education secretary was on Capitol Hill to talk about the proposed budget for her department. She got an earful from Democrats.

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Dear Concerned Mom:

I want to applaud you for wanting to do right by your daughter. It is not always easy to identify the right course of action or the most appropriate steps when you think your child has attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). It can be lonely and confusing. But on the other hand, I truly believe in relying...