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.
Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does
California's surgeon general has implemented school-wide screenings for trauma. A social work professor explains why the rest of the nation should do the same.
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.
New study dispels myths about what makes youth sports fun for kids
What makes sports so fun for kids? On this, boys and girls may actually agree
I’m a Peace Teacher. Here’s How Brain Science Helps My Kids Handle Conflict.
How neuroscience can help students better cope with conflict
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
Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That’s why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
A whole language approach to teaching reading gives kids a whole linguistic picture of how words work. This includes teaching individual letters and sounds, as well as what the words mean in context.