Friendometry: Like an Online Dating Site, But for Kids Who Needs Friends
Friendometry $19.99/year Traditional parenting advice tells you to set up play dates with children who have similar interests. But how do you find the right friends for your quirky child? When...
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I Wish I Had Known Earlier…
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” Haim Ginott My 42-year-old son passed away recently, following a 6-year battle with cancer. He...
View ArticleADDitude Survey: Nearly Two-Third of Students with ADHD End Up Changing Schools
If your child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), there’s almost zero chance you haven’t considered changing his or her school due to attentional, behavioral, or learning...
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Listeria Fears Prompt Target, Fresh Market Recalls
The products were sold at Target and Fresh Market stores, and include egg salad, tuna salad and lobster salad.
View ArticleQ: What Activities (Besides Video Games) Captivate the Attention of Teens...
Q: “Like most teenagers, my son with ADHD really enjoys video games, especially when he plays with his friends remotely at home. However, he hyper-focuses on any activity that includes screen time and...
View Article5 Critical Life Skills That Build Independence & Confidence
I work with many families, and I find that most parents are so focused on their child’s academic progress — getting an IEP, teaming up with teachers, finding strategies for acing a test — that they...
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Report Warns of Water Pollution at U.S. Beaches
The results showed that 2,627 sites had at least one day of fecal contamination higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Beach Action Value.”
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Testosterone Therapy May Threaten the Heart
Those who took testosterone replacement therapy had a 21% higher risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke or mini-stroke than those who did not take the therapy. That increased risk...
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Many Taking Antibiotics Without a Prescription
Yet a new study review suggests that's exactly what many Americans are doing: misusing "under-the-counter" or old leftover antibiotics to self-medicate without seeing a doctor or getting a prescription.
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Just How Effective Are ADHD Meds?
In addition to helping kids calm down and concentrate in school, the review also found that the drugs help children avoid a lot of long-term negative consequences associated with ADHD, including...
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Guns in Home, Greater Odds of Family Homicide
For each 10% jump in home ownership of guns, the risk of someone in the household being killed rises by 13%. The risk of a nonfamily member getting murdered is increased only 2% with gun ownership,...
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Extreme Eating Could Be an Early Clue to Autism
A new study finds atypical eating behaviors -- such as hypersensitivity to food textures or pocketing food without swallowing -- in 70% of kids with autism. That's 15 times the rate typically found in...
View ArticleStudy: Preschool Students with ADHD Significantly Impaired in School Readiness
July 23, 2019 Preschool students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) are far less ready for elementary school than are their neurotypical peers, according to research published...
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Pro Baseball Players Live Longer, Healthier Lives
Athletes in Major League Baseball (MLB) tend to live about 24% longer than the average American guy, according to a century's worth of mortality rates among nearly 10,500 pro baseball players.
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Residents, Leaders 'Shocked' by Toxic Air Report
On Friday, WebMD and Georgia Health News revealed that Georgia had three census tracts the EPA identified as having elevated cancer risks because of a toxic gas called ethylene oxide.
View ArticleWhen They Judge Us, They Show Their Weakness — Not Ours
Years ago, I worked with an occupational therapist named “Kim.” Kim was a single mom to a boy with nonverbal autism. She did not have it easy. Her ex-husband had significant mental health issues and...
View ArticleMindfulness Quiets the Negative Voices in My ADHD Brain
I was pumped! I had been invited to “Grandfriends’ Day” at my granddaughter’s school. Apparently, that’s the PC term for Montessori grandparents these days. We were supposed to arrive between...
View ArticleResearch: Increased Sleep Helps Children with ADHD Control Inhibitions
July 23, 2019 Extended sleep improves inhibitory control in children with ADHD by 13%, according to a small study1 conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in...
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Recall: Baby Neck Supports for Suffocation Risk
Three customers have complained to Boppy that the product caused their child’s head to be pushed forward, chin to chest, but no injuries were reported.
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Climate Change Blamed for Deadly Fungus Risk
More than 30% of people with invasive C. auris infections die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 685 confirmed cases and 30 probable cases in the United...
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