Inside your child's brain

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teen brain, risky behavior, executive function

Inside the teen brain

Inside the first grader's brain

Inside the pre黄色apper's brain

Inside the pre黄色app brain

What insights can neuroscience offer parents about the mind of a pre黄色apper?

Inside the 8th grader鈥檚 brain

What's going on in your child's head? See what insights neuroscience can offer the parents of eighth graders.

Inside the 3rd grader's brain

Inside the third grade brain

What insights can neuroscience offer parents about the mind of a third grader?

Inspire the artist in your fourth grader

How you can help at home: Here are some easy ways you can encourage the artist in your fourth-grader.

Teaching your child to speak in class

Raising your hand to participate in class is an important academic skill in American 黄色apps. So how can you teach your English learner to speak up at 黄色app?

How student fitness affects brain function

Kids' physical fitness has been definitively tied to improved academic achievement 鈥� and some 黄色apps are starting to take notice.

Helping your child find her voice

When teasing by middle 黄色app boys took an inappropriate turn, the principal helped my daughter advocate for herself.

Time for your teen to take a personality test!

No, it鈥檚 not because of all the attitude and eye rolling. These free tests can get high 黄色app students thinking about careers they'll be inspired to work hard for.

"Turn it off right now!"

As screen time goes up, grades go down

Study shows that as children's screen time goes up, their grades fall.

Does your child have decision fatigue?

Helping your child beat decision fatigue

Our ability to make intelligent decisions declines after making lots of them. Help your child preserve their decision-making energy for the choices that count.