Kids & Teens

A veteran therapist draws from her years of clinical practice and personal experiences to meet every teenage client where they are. Read more

An understanding of the inborn dimensions of human temperament reveals that the concept of "normal" is far richer and more expansive than previously imagined. Read more

Researchers and practitioners alike have long been concerned that Ritalin use in childhood could lead to later drug abuse. But when a University of California... Read more

For the past 20 years, the American criminal justice system has dealt with juvenile offenders in a way it never did before: by treating them like adults who... Read more

A good education is preventive medicine. It strengthens one's mental, emotional and spiritual immune system. Read more

What to do when the standard techniques of joining provoke furious silence Read more

For parents who are chronically pressed for time and feel increasingly impotent in the face of the perils that litter their teen's lives, backing off from... Read more

In the Middle Ages, Gregory Lynn would have been considered possessed by demons. Today, he's diagnosed with a profound neurochemical imbalance called... Read more

From the July/August 1994 issue AS A PSYCHOLOGIST IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I AM involved in the day-to-day lives of children, not as someone set apart from... Read more

How the world looks to a 10-year-old with a learning disability Read more