Childswork-Childsplay Blog

As we head into the summer season here on the east coast, we should focus on teen misbehavior -- because idle time for our kids and teens has many parents and educators concerned about the best ways to keep kids...

[caption id="attachment_1566" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici"][/caption] The topic of teens and depression can be really difficult to broach. Over the past few years, incidents of suicide among, especially gay, young men and women who suffered in...

[caption id="attachment_948" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of dream designs"][/caption] As educators, looking for the signs of drug and alcohol use among our adolescent students is an unwritten part of the job. So many students fall victim to these substances each...

The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston, MA this weekend. Yesterday, I reported on one important presentation at that meeting that linked bullying and depression among special needs students. Today, another one of...

[caption id="attachment_1240" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Image courtesy of graur codrin"][/caption] At the beginning of this week I wrote an important review of a new study by the U.S. Surgeon General that addressed the issue of smoking among teens and young adults...