Does your child love Minecraft? He is certainly not an outlier. Minecraft is so popular that it has infiltrated school curriculums, whole YouTube channels are devoted to it, and even […]

Why do kids like to cook?

During my 30 years of work as a child clinical neuropsychologist I have had the opportunity to help children overcome problems at school, at […]

Need to relax? Feeling blue? Play a video game.

No, really. Did you know that playing video games can actually reduce the symptoms of anxiety and depression? Some excellent recent […]

When it comes to diagnosing what’s wrong with today’s youth, technology is often the first thing to be targeted by child care professionals.

21st century teenagers are often glued to […]

Here’s something to think about: Working memory skills are a better predictor of academic performance than IQ scores.

Many kids who struggle to calculate math problems in their heads also […]

If you have a Wii U game console and a child who loves everything LEGO, chances are you’re familiar with — or already own — the much-talked about LEGO City: […]

Visit the self-help section of your local bookstore and you’re likely to find thousands of titles ranging from coping with depression to parenting 21st century children (you might want to […]

21st-century teenagers use digital technology for virtually everything in their lives. It’s how they communicate with their friends, entertain themselves, keep track of their academic and after-school obligations, learn more […]

Some children seem to have no sense of numbers. Concepts such as size escape them and they struggle to distinguish differing amounts. Children with poor number sense may have to […]

If you happen to have a teenager nearby, there’s a good chance she is using her phone to text message or scroll through her Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter feeds. Teenagers […]