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    The surprising connection between sleep and ADHD (that can start in infancy)

    January 31, 2019

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    Paula Spencer Scott

    Experts increasingly believe that sleep issues should be ruled out before ADHD is diagnosed. Chervin’s data suggest that 15 to 25 percent of hyperactivity is actually due to sleep apnea.

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    What to say (and not say) when your child asks, “Am I fat?”

    January 23, 2019

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    Paula Spencer Scott

    In the moment your daughter asks, Am I fat? she isn’t looking for verification of her size. She needs your emotional guidance.

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    This Barbie commercial captures everything that’s magical about kids and dolls

    January 18, 2019

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    Paula Spencer Scott

    That cute Barbie commercial hints at other reasons girls love dolls that they’re utterly unaware of but moms can appreciate. Doll play is fantastic “brain work.”

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    Researchers explain the simple thing you can teach a toddler to make behavior problems disappear

    January 17, 2019

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    Paula Spencer Scott

    Toddlers struggle with the same feelings as the rest of us: anger, sadness, jealousy, the whole cast of Inside Out. But they don’t yet have the language skills to describe them. They also lack the emotional maturity to know that everybody has a bad day sometimes and th...

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