Like many parents of children with autism, Nicole Brown feared she might never find a dentist willing and able to care for her daughter, Camryn Cunningham, now a lanky 13-year-old who uses words sparingly. Finishing a basic cleaning was a...
If you're a 12th-grader right now in the Los Angeles schools, that means you probably started kindergarten back in 2001. It also means that, as of this week, you've seen four superintendents come and go. As we discussed today on Morning...
One night last fall, I was walking through Chinatown in Washington, D.C., with my friend Terryn. We were not far from a dude who was in his mid-20s — slim, with neat, shoulder-length locks, skinny chinos, loafers and a leather briefcase...
Resiliency is a fascinating subject of study pertinent to parenting. Children who are able to rebound from adversities are healthier psychologically and show better outcomes academically and socially, so it’s in their best interest to develop a...
Understanding and overcoming the effects of a difficult childhood are essential for a healthy adult life, at least according to Dave Lockridge’s research findings. Lockridge, 61, is the founder and executive director of ACE Overcomers, a...
Even when adult or juvenile inmates are freed, many remain shackled by laws that make it difficult for them to get welfare, vote, obtain a drivers license and find stable housing and employment. These laws are called collateral consequence laws...
Counselors refer some Los Angeles students to JROTC in an effort to improve their grades and attitudes. The Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program serves 17 high schools in Los Angeles and well over 1,000 nationwide. One of those...
When parents become desensitized to violence and sex in movies, they may also become more lax about their children's exposure to both onscreen, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when they had 1,000 parents watch a series of movie clips, the...
The important thing is that Meghan knew something was wrong. When I met her, she was 23, a smart, wry young woman living with her mother and stepdad in Simi Valley, about an hour north of Los Angeles. Meghan had just started a training program...
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who ran on promises to steer the city away from many of the policies and priorities of Michael Bloomberg, has been wise to embrace his predecessor’s strong commitment to public health. Because Mr. Bloomberg tilted against...
A FEW weeks ago, I received an email from the Danish psychiatrist Per Bech that had an unexpected attachment: a story about a patient. I have been writing a book about antidepressants — how well they work and how we know. Dr. Bech is an...
A newly created database of New Yorkers deemed too mentally unstable to carry firearms has grown to roughly 34,500 names, a previously undisclosed figure that has raised concerns among some mental health advocates that too many people have been...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo defended a New York State law that has made it easier to take guns away from people who have been deemed mentally unstable, saying on Sunday that the number of people banned from owning firearms since the law took effect...
The sex trafficking of minors, we’ve come—or maybe want—to believe, is limited to developing nations, where wretched poverty leaves girls with few options. But too many children in Los Angeles County know that the sex trade...
The photograph that 6-year-old Logan Reed snapped near the place he once lived as a homeless child conveys not a thousand words, as the saying goes, but one plain desire. "My hope is to have friends," says a quote printed beneath his photo, on...