Kids

The best treatment for eczema is to control the environmental things that irritate the disease, such as avoiding contact with things known to trigger itching and scratching.

Should a child with special needs attend a particular type of kindergarten program?

Taking away recess as punishment often causes more problems than it solves.

A parent who encourages her child's curiosity, values his opinions, offers him choices, and gives him her attention is not being "too indulgent."

A teacher wonders how to work with a child with selective mutism.

These days, elementary-school-age children have traded in their early childhood fears of nightmare monsters for terrifying real life fears. Learn how to talk with kids about violence and tragedy, such as school shootings.

Some thumb sucking is common with a third or more of preschool children, and an even smaller percentage of early elementary-aged children.

Learn the next steps after initial LD testing.

Help your shy child get involved in social activities and open lines of communication with the teacher.

Low self-esteem can begin in kindergarten, when many kids start comparing themselves to their classmates on all fronts.

A parent seeks advice on how to help her son deal with bullies.

At age three, kids are notorious for being picky or even refusing to eat.

Every year over 200,000 children visit U.S. emergency rooms for injuries sustained on playgrounds. Schools need to address this problem.

Our expert gives advice to a stepparent whose 14-year-old is reading at second-grade level.

Learn why a child may blame an imaginary friend for her misbehavior, and whether it's a cause for concern.

A mother confesses that her yelling has led her son to consider it an acceptable form of communicating.

Mom think son should be tested for learning disability; father thinks he's just lazy.

Decongestant nose spray is not routinely recommended for toddlers.