Confession: I once forgot my second son at the gym. He was 4, safe in the child care center (no children were harmed in the making of this family lore!), but somehow my husband and I each thought the ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often talked about as if it were a single condition. But anyone who works ...

Marina, a six-year-old girl, interrupts her mother repeatedly during our session, trying to get Mom to look at the family portrait she has drawn on the whiteboard. Her mother tells Marina to wait a ...

Children who use electronic media more frequently tend to show lower levels of attention, while independent reading is associated with better concentration. These are the findings of a survey of more ...

We’ve all been there. A new behavior pops up in our child—maybe they're melting down more often than usual, acting extra clingy, or are suddenly showing up in the middle of the night. Whatever the ...

Dear Amy: My daughter and granddaughter are coming to spend 10 days with us over the Christmas holidays. I am dreading the visit because my 3-year-old granddaughter is unable to be around others ...