Pasta, pizza, bagels, milk, cereal, macaroni-and-cheese… Are these among your child’s favorite food groups? If not all of them, it’s a good bet that at least some of these foods [...]
The unevenness of skills that is the hallmark of a child with Functional Disconnection Syndrome is most obvious when it comes to learning, homework, and grades. A majority of children […]
Relative to body size, the human brain is one of the largest among all living species. But it is not just unique in size; it is also unique in structure. […]
Kids with a brain imbalance typically struggle to complete their homework in an organized and timely fashion. For many parents, even the simplest homework tasks can be a struggle, and […]
There is a lot you can learn about your child’s brain development from their report card. But it is not enough just to read the grades and see what subjects […]
Children with neurobehavioral disorders like ADHD, processing disorders, and OCD, often experience stress and anxiety due to the various challenges they face. Diet and exercise can go a long [...]
Left brain deficiencies usually shows up first as academic problems. So, unlike their right brain counterparts, life for a child with a left brain imbalance starts out quite normally. Children [...]
Right brain deficiencies usually first show up as behavioral problems. Mothers often tell me that these kids started giving them a hard time right from the get-go. These are the […]
Many parents believe that playing computer games helps kids improve their minds, but this is proving to not be the case. Although research shows that playing on a computer or […]
Sometimes hope takes the shape of a six-year-old boy who inhaled the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies for the first time. —MARYBETH G. Pasta, pizza, bagels, milk, cereal, […]