Addictive behaviors: Smoking, drinking and media
Alcohol ads affects underage drinking. Kids are bombarded with thousands of images of smoking in movies alone. Here is how parents can fight back.
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The bully and the bystander
Experts say that empowering bystanders to take action might be the key to stopping bullies.
How Parents Can Help Older Kids With Reading Problems
Do you have an older child who struggles with reading? An expert explains how you can help him improve his literacy skills.
Improving Older Kids' Reading Speed and Comprehension
Do you want to know what can be done to improve your middle or high school student's reading speed and comprehension? In this article, an expert addresses this concern.
How Older Kids Can Improve Their Writing Skills
Helping older students improve their writing skills requires both excellent instruction and age-appropriate practice - and lots of it. An expert explains this in parent-friendly terms.
Child Development: 13- to 16-Year-Olds
Read about typical physical, intellectual, and social growth that kids experience during middle adolescence.
Adolescents - Conducting the Experiments: An Excerpt From Ready or Not, Here Life Comes
This book tackles the topic of transition to young adulthood - with a special advice for teens.
Career and Technical Student Organizations: Extending Employment Preparation Beyond the Classroom
Middle and high school kids have opportunities for guidance, mentoring, and peer interaction.
Declaration of independence: Developing life skills for teens with LD
An expert outlines the skills your teenager with LD and/or AD/HD must develop to function as an independent adult, and how you can help.
When Kids With LD Network Online: The Benefits and Risks
Kids with learning and attention problems may blossom by using social-networking Web sites. Learn more about the potential benefits and risks for these kids.
