Kids

No exploration of your child's safety can be complete without taking a clear-eyed look down the barrel of vital statistics.

Six-year-olds do not experience the hormone-influenced attraction that may begin to occur in preadolescence.

It is not "normal" or healthy for a child to be so distressed for so long.

Social development is as important as any other area of childhood development.

A young teen needs some skilled, compassionate therapy after losing his best friend to leukemia.

What should you do when the school district says your child has a low IQ and outside testing shows he has a high IQ?

Is it true that children with ADD are right-sided children who are more visual learners then left-sided children?

Find out how soon after fracturing a collarbone a child can resume normal activities.

If your child doesn't succeed on the playing field, find other ways to boost his self-image.

A parent wonders whether to send her child to a summer camp that had "one bad apple."

In this article, an expert offers some DO and DON'T advice for parents of teenagers who are instant messenging.

There is often a genetic component to learning disabilities.

Most families benefit from professional advice when a child becomes difficult to handle.

An aunt asks for suggestions on how to make her visiting nephew with ADHD comfortable in her home.

Paying attention to threats is always appropriate. Here is some advice on how to evaluate a situation.

Our reporter asks gun control experts for the answer.

After a lapse in school safety, it's reasonable to express your concerns to the school in a letter -- and to receive a response.

Read how one sports league found a unique way to enure good sportsmanship on the field and in the stands.