Q: “Our oldest son, who has attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD), is almost old enough to get his driver’s license. His being able to drive would be a huge help to our family — we could really use his help driving his younger siblings around to their many commitments. Over the course of teaching him to...

Raising children with special needs changes the way most run-of-the-mill parents see childhood and its inherent risks. Our concerns and fears move quickly from “Will they be picked last in gym class?” to “Will they make it through school?” From, “Will anyone show up to their birthday...

Less than two days after 10 people were gunned down at a high school in Santa Fe, TX, incoming National Rifle Association president Oliver North blamed video games and Ritalin for that massacre and other school shootings that seem to be occurring with astonishing regularity.

What the retired Lieutenant Colonel told America is...

Last Sunday morning, I woke up to this headline: “Oliver North Blames School Shootings on Ritalin.”

It is hard to know where to start when there are so many outrageous and hypocritical statements crammed in together so closely. During his Fox News Sunday appearance, the controversial in-coming President of the NRA,...

The kids are I are walking home from school in total silence — everyone, that is, except Jasmine, my daughter with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Ten minutes ago, I asked her about her day and she’s going on and on. I look over from time to time to make sure she’s breathing between hyperactive...

Children and adolescents are getting fewer prescription drugs than they did in years past, according to a study that looks at a cross-section of the American population. "The decrease in antibiotic use is really what's driving this overall decline in prescription medication use that we're...

May 24, 2018

Between 2000 and 2014, more than 150,000 calls were placed to poison control centers to report dangerous exposure by children under the age of 19 to the medications used to treat ADHD, according to a report published this week in Pediatrics¹. That translates to more than 200 calls a week — or 29 calls a day.

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There are many ways young children encounter stories. A new study finds a "Goldilocks effect," where a cartoon may be "too hot" and audiobooks "too cold" for learning readers.

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Q: “My work and home spaces are cluttered. My virtual desktop is usually full, which I fix by periodically sweeping it into a folder called “Sort This Stuff Out.” I have lots of different filing conventions that I sometimes use for a while but not consistently or with discipline. Occasionally I even throw a...

The brain is a muscle. It needs exercise to stay strong. For kids with ADHD or learning disabilities, this is particularly true. They have to work harder to retain all those multiplication tables, punctuation rules, and history facts.

In this video, learn five ways to stop the summer slide, and hold onto the school year’s...

It has happened again--yet another school shooting in our country with multiple fatalities.  This shooting is the 16th school shooting this year, an average of about one every week.  Parents and teachers are terrified, students are marching, politicians are offering thoughts and prayers, and...