By Gladys Gardner Jenkins, M.A. Moving can be an exciting adventure or an uncomfortable disruption in your child's life. But since children usually follow the lead of their parents, the degree of...
Development challenges
By Laura Dittmann, Ph.D. - About 30 of every 1,000 children born in the United States are diagnosed during infancy or later as developmentally challenged. The most severely challenged are often...
Learning disabilities in children
By Mark S. Puczynski, M.D. Over the past decade, child health providers have become more aware of mild impairments in development, which are often identified as learning disabilities. These...
Latchkey children
by Stephen H. Sheldon, D.O., F.A.A.P. "Latchkey children" is a term for youngsters less than 13 years old who care for themselves for significant periods of time before and/or after school and...
Growth
By Deborah Rotenstein, M.D. For every child, a primary task of childhood is to grow and develop ultimately into a mature individual. Physical gi'owth begins with conception. It is influenced by a...
The gifted child
By E. Paul Torrance, Ph.D. For many years, the term "gifted child" usually meant a child with a high intelligence quotient (IQ). But a few leaders in the field of education for gifted children...
Explaining death to a child
By Stella Chess, M.D. Even when there is no direct contact with death, it is not unusual for children to ask, "What does it mean when you're dead?" or, "Will I die, too?" The children may want to...
The drug problem
By Thomas E. Cone, Jr., M.D. The use of chemical substances to alter mood, perception, and behavior has become part of growing up in Western society. In recent years, drug and alcohol abuse by...
Divorce
By Stella Chess, M.D. Divorce is an upsetting experience for everyone involved. It is especially difficult for children to accept the threat to the security that comes from living with united and...
Day care
By Patricia Fosarelli, M.D. Substitute care is the care a child receives from a person other than a parent---a relative, babysitter, nanny, au pair, neighbor, day-care center teacher or director,...
