Children living with a step-parent or a lone parent are as happy as those living with two biological parents, the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds heard today. In a major UK study on wellbeing, researchers from NatCen...
Photo credit: Gatis Gribusts, Flickr More than 7 percent of American schoolchildren are taking at least one medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties, a new government report shows. Apparently, the medications are working: More than...
The study, published in the online version of the Journal of Family Psychology followed 33 Dallas area mothers as they came home from work and prepared to put their children to bed. The mothers used voice recorders, which they wore in sport pouches on...
Greg Wahl-Stephens/AP Photo BALTIMORE—St. Jerome's Head Start, a plain building in a gentrifying Baltimore neighborhood, looks as solid and unchanging as a block of concrete. It's an unlikely setting for a big shift in how early-childhood...
JR (not his real name) was very bitter when he came to the emergency shelter at Family Connection, Inc., in Birmingham, AL. He’d clashed with his mom and her boyfriend and experienced physical abuse. He didn’t want a relationship with his...
Ellen's (not her real name) adoptive parents weren't surprised when the school counselor suggested that she might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Several professionals had made this suggestion over the years. Given that homework...
Source: OpenClipArt What do you do, and what does your organization do? My day job is being a school psychologist. I recently co-edited a book entitled Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students . I work for PESI a national group that...
Hello everyone! I wanted to drop a line to update you on how my charity is coming along. I met with a CPA so that we could begin the 501(c)(3) process. I've been anxious about getting this step started, and it is finally underway! Also, I have been...
Arrived at Le Grand High School on Friday April 18 th at noon, bicycle in tow. The front office staff cordially greeted me and walked me over to Principal Javier Martinez. After a warm handshake and short debrief he marched me over to show me the...
The 4-minute video “Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything” just posted was done in 2009 but is excellent. It was shown as part of a webinar (Understanding Toxic Stress in Young Children) yesterday done by Health Child Care...
Source: WikiMedia University of York researchers are launching a new multi-disciplinary project to examine what works best for abused or neglected children – going into care or staying at home with support. The study, funded by the...
Source WikiMedia When the economy hits the skids, government stimulus checks to the poor sometimes follow. Stimulus programs -- such as those in 2001, 2008 and 2009 -- are designed to boost the economy quickly by getting cash into the hands of...
Research shows that wealth inequality creates barriers to community development, due to the widespread effects of poverty. A report by the United Nations Children's Fund shows that more than one in five children in the United States falls below the...
Source WikiMedia MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'd like to thank Celeste Headlee for sitting in for me while I was away. On the program today, we are focusing on some interesting health issues...
Neuroscientists have discovered a brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviours critical for survival. New research by the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of Physiology , has identified a chain of neural connections which...