How Do I Know Whether My Child Needs A Speech Therapist?
When should parents take their children to see a speech therapist?
Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for them
Taking risks helps children test new ideas and find personal capabilities and limits. Here are five lessons from early childhood educators to help parents encourage their kids to take risks, safely.
Skipping breakfast linked to lower GCSE grades
Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study
Closing The Choice Gap In American Education
While policymakers may continue to make headway with education choice programs, entrepreneurs will be the ones to successfully create and scale affordable alternatives to conventional K-12 schooling, closing the choice gap and perhaps the others as well.
2/3 of parents cite barriers in recognizing youth depression
Telling the difference between a teen's normal ups and downs and something bigger is among top challenges parents face in identifying youth depression, a new national poll suggests.
Dear Jenny: I Can’t Tell If My Kid Is Sick Or Faking
How can parents tell if their kids are really sick or just sick of going to school?
Is social media damaging to children and teens? We asked five experts
Five experts were asked if social media was damaging to children and teenagers, and four out of five said yes.
Tips And Tricks Parents Can Use To Nurture a Love of Reading in Kids
Raising kids to love reading often comes down to forming habits, family norms and intrinsic motivation. A lot of it starts by parents modeling their own love of books.
Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
English is a code-based language, with 26 letters to represent 44 speech sounds. Children must first learn to master the code if they want to be successful readers.
How ‘Knowing Less’ Can Boost Language Development In Children
Children may learn new words better in the context of other words they have just learned