A friend of mine recently told me about this conversation with her son: Son: "Mom, you have to get to know people before you can be friends." Mom: "Hmmm... that makes a lot of sense." Son: "And ...

A 3-year old was denied entry into a private school after the child was diagnosed with autism, and now the family is fighting back. The boy was diagnosed after he was accepted to the Washington Market ...

Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you. This fear ...

Imagine you’re a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you. This fear ...

Nothing can feel more heart-sickening than being invalidated, pushed away, or rejected by your parent. For our not-too-distant ancestors, parental rejection in childhood was a death sentence. Even ...