Forty-seven percent of Black American males graduate from high school in the U.S. In other words, the majority of black boys are not graduating from high school in the United States of America. The 47% takes all states into account, from Maine, with a 98% graduation rate, to New York, with just 25% of black [...]
As a behavior specialist who as a child was medicated from 1970 to 1977 I’m often asked my opinion about Ritalin. Here’s my experience.
Sometimes the hardest part about getting your children to eat healthy food and fight child obesity is getting them to choose the healthy food option. Here’s the behavior methods that show you the way to guide them to healthy food choices
Dust off the backpacks and dig out the lunch sacks – back to school time is just weeks away. And, working parents across this country are spending these last few weeks arranging, searching, and confirming afterschool care. Unfortunately, many parents don’t succeed in finding afterschool care for their kids . More than 1 million children [...]
A method for parents to balance empowering their children and still set firm boundaries so children become psychologically strong, healthy and respectful of others.
It simply isn’t right to take advantage of new parents when they’re vulnerable. But baby formula companies are doing just that. And this is especially wrong because empty infant formula advertising claims undermine evidence-based messages like “breastfeeding is best for babies.” This has got to be fixed, and we have a chance right now to [...]
Back in the day, when I was small, I remember waking up too early for TV to be on. I woke up too early for TV to be on.
If you are under 20, you have no idea what I just said. My brothers and sisters would run downstairs in our jammies on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons, but TV didn’t come on until 6 am, so it was possible to wake up too early.
There is a universal measure. When faced with a problem, do what’s right for children. If you do what’s right for children, it’s the right solution.
You know there’s something really crazy with the way we approach food in this country when 1 in 4 U.S. children stand on the brink of hunger AND 1 in 3 children are obese or overweight. We finally have a chance to change this! This month the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act was introduced [...]
I always look forward to June—it’s the month to celebrate Father’s Day, the arrival of summer and Early Learning Advocacy Day. This June, California’s Early Learning Advocacy Day convened more than 350 early learning advocates from across the state—including teachers and providers, parents, business leaders and others—to the state Capitol to advocate for high-quality early [...]
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