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LGBT+ Teens in US, Rejected by Families, Struggling in Foster Care
LGBT+ teens in the United States are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to live in foster care, often after being rejected by their families over their sexuality, according to new research. Read more >>
How to Get Past Parenting Guilt When Your Child Has Learning and Attention Issues
If you feel guilt around your child’s learning and attention issues, it’s important to know you’re not alone. Feelings of guilt and shame are common among parents of kids with learning and attention issues. Read more >>
Want to Raise Successful Kids? Let Them Fail
Much has been written about the attributes of high-achieving adults, and what makes them different from everyone else. But if you’re a parent, a more compelling question may be: “What can I do to make sure my kids succeed in Read more >>
Parenting is hard work, and parenting a child with mental health issues is exponentially harder. You’re almost certainly putting in more effort than any other mom or dad you know, yet your kid may still be at risk, struggling, or Read more >>
Life Success For Students with Learning Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide [downloadable]
LD OnLine offers a guide for parents on how to help their children succeed titled Life Success for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide. It was developed by the Frostig Center and based on more than twenty years of Read more >>
How To Be An Emotionally Vulnerable Parent (And Why It’s So Important)
When you find the courage to let your kids see your humanity, you’ll see you’re not so different from one another. You find it easier to connect with people you know are authentic than people who project a caricature of Read more >>
Study Details How Today’s High School Cliques Compare to Yesterday’s
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have found that while many high school peer crowds and influences have remained constant over time, changing demographics, cultural influences and Read more >>
How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience
In the last decade, rates of anxiety-related disorders in teenagers have steadily risen, particularly in girls. Researchers and psychologists posit several hypotheses about why these rates are on the rise — from digital hyperconnectivity to heightened external pressures to simply Read more >>
Teens View Anxiety, Depression as Biggest Problems in Lives, Study Says
Most American teenagers say they view anxiety and depression as a major problem in the communities where they live, a new Pew study indicates. The study found that 70 percent of teens view the mental health concerns as a major Read more >>
Donkey Therapy Helps Kids with Autism
At Cultivate Care Farms, an outpatient care farm in Bolton, Mass., clients with mental health, addiction and communication disorders come to connect with animals and agriculture as a form of therapy. Care farming is a centuries-old model that originated in Read more >>
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650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
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