The right questions and what to do to boost your child’s learning success. Parenting tips I shared on TODAY show. If you’ve just received a memo from your child’s school that your parent-teacher conference has been scheduled, you’re not alone. Over the next weeks millions of parents will be walking into those classrooms to sit [...]

Parenting tips to beat the “Summer Reading Slump” and rekindle that great love of the reading REALITY CHECK: Are you aware of that kids can lose an upward of three month’s worth of reading progress during this summer break? Are you also aware that according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average American teenagers [...]

How to counter “Too Much, Too Soon, Too Sleazy” ads aimed at our daughters and raise healthier girls from the inside out Thongs undies for toddlers. Push-up bras for eight-year olds. Sneakers to “tone” legs for preschoolers.  Marketers keep pushing that “too sexy, too soon” envelope on our young daughters, and we are seeing impact [...]

How to curb kid test jitters, get ready for those tests, improve scores, and recognize if when to seek medical advice One of kids more dreaded four-letter words: T.E.S.T. These days it seems even for many kids even if they’ve studied hard and done their homework when test day comes they’re hit with a wave [...]

Parenting tips I shared on the DATELINE special on how parents can curb the risks of teen drinking and driving Giving your kids the keys to a car is one of the scariest moments of parenthood. “Will they make safe choices?” is always a parents’ haunting concern. I was involved with a Dateline special recently [...]