Category Archives: Helpful Articles

Of course, I love seeing my family, but it’s exhausting and stressful whether you’re the holiday host or the guest. “I wish the holidays could be more of a vacation… Read More »

By Carolyn Hax, Published: November 11 | Updated: Saturday, November 12, 8:00 PM Dear Carolyn: A non-parent here with a gripe about today’s parents: I don’t remember my parents helping me with my… Read More »

Noël Plummer can’t imagine making a conscious decision to inflict physical pain on her 8-year-old daughter as a punishment. She’s only slapped her daughter once, without thinking, when her then-5-year-old… Read More »

WASHINGTON – Low-performing Head Start programs for preschool children will be required to compete for federal funds under a rule President Obama plans to announce outside Philadelphia today. Administration officials… Read More »

Preschool students with poor language skills show much greater improvement if they’re placed in a classroom with higher-achieving children, compared to being in a class with other low-achievers, researchers say.… Read More »

Inch counts ratcheted up and storm warnings grew more dire this afternoon as an historic nor’easter blanketed northern New Jersey causing traffic delays, widespread power outages and felled trees throughout… Read More »

Came across two similar idea articles today and wanted to pass them along. One is a NYTImes article, ‘Drugs to Treat A.D.H.D. Reach the Preschool Set’ … Although methylphenidate, a… Read More »