Parents have been getting my attention with concerns they have about whether or not their child might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Let me see if I can focus on those concerns and separate the fact from the fiction. - When do signs appear? - ADHD, though ...

Parents have done anything but quit asking me questions about whether they should let their child quit playing a sport in the middle of a season. Let me see if I’m game enough to comment on the topic of quitting an activity. Usually a child who wants to quit a sport or activity has a ...

Parents have been refusing to stop asking me questions about how to handle their stubborn toddler. I need to provide some firm information on this topic, so here goes. Negativism and stubbornness are a normal phase that most children go through between 18 months and three years of age, ...

Recently I have received a lot of questions from parents asking me whether something they heard about parenting a teenager is fact or fiction. This week, let me do some truth-telling and myth-busting when it comes to parenting adolescents. - A longer timeline - First, adolescence ...

Parents have been asking me to digest information they’re hearing about something called probiotics and whether they are safe for children. Let me see if I can provide some food for thought on this topic. - Beneficial bacteria - While some bacteria in our digestive system are ...

Parents have been hungry to ask me what they can do to ensure the health and well-being of their children — and my response is family meals. That’s right, family meals. Here are the reasons why: - Improvement of social and emotional health - Studies have shown that family ...