While ADHD is believed to be hereditary, effectively managing your child’s ADHD can have a positive effect on both reducing the severity of symptoms and the development of more serious problems over time. Early intervention holds the key to positive outcomes for your child with more positive outcomes in school and for your child’s socialization with peers. Although life with your child may at times seem challenging, you can help create home and school environments that improve your child’s chances…

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), a nationwide effort to raise awareness about intimate partner violence (IPV), support survivors, promote prevention, and connect individuals and families with resources. Domestic violence is a serious public health and safety concern that affects people across communities, regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status, or geographic location. Domestic violence, also referred to as intimate partner violence, can include:  Abuse can occur in current or former dating relationships, marriages, and other intimate relationships. It may be…

We often talk about distress, anxiety, depression, and any other behavioral health conditions that people have. What about happiness? The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence has happiness as an unalienable right: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The field of Positive Psychology, and arguably its founding father, Martin Seligman, at…

Just as parents and all of us evolve and change our thoughts as we learn in life; so do we, as clinicians and researchers. Initial guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on screen time for children was specific with the recommended amount of time kids and teens should spend on screen time according to developmental stages. The new guidelines from AAP published in 2026 focus more on the conceptual framework of a socioecological model depicting circles of care…

We all have worries and stress in our lives. Anxiety in young children at specific times in development is normal. For example, between the ages of about 8 months to preschool years (4-5) healthy kids may show intense distress at times of separation from their parents or other people they are close to. Young children may have short-lived fears, such as fear of the dark, storms, animals, or a fear of strangers.  Worries, fears, and stress can become an anxiety…