If you are the parent of a child with ADHD it is almost impossible to find the time and energy to learn about everything you can to help your […]

A New York Times article by Gretchen Reynolds entitled “How Exercise Fuels the Brain” describes how prolonged exercise significantly lowers the brain’s stores of energy during exercise, but subsequently brings […]

Technology and dyslexia are a match made in heaven for many students who struggle with reading or experience other language impairments. Whether it be text-to-speech software that has your digital […]

Were Dr. Benjamin Spock, the original author of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, still alive today, I might have a beef with him. I had the great honor of […]

Parents frequently ask me about video games and ADHD. Some have concerns that video games cause ADHD, others wonder how their children with ADHD can benefit from video games. One […]

Over the last year a number of books have been written about how disciplined parenting leads to children being successful in school and work. Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of […]

There has been a lot of recent news about how technology and video games impact children with autism. Much of what has been written has raised legitimate concerns about […]

A number of studies have described a phenomenon known as the video deficit. The video deficit posits that exposure to digital media is detrimental to children under 2 years old, […]

One of the most common misconceptions in the world of apps, games, and technology is that some of the digital media that your child loves are “educational,” while others […]

Spatial reasoning — the skills that a creative child might display when taking apart a bike and putting it back together, or when designing and building structures in Minecraft — […]