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While IQ tests and other assessments can help identify giftedness in school-age children, kids are also commonly identified as gifted by the observations of families, teachers, and friends. Below are some of the many characteristics that gifted children often exhibit, adapted from a detailed checklist from Austega. Note: no one gifted child exhibits all the traits. Read more >>

Number 1: Ask most experts and they’ll tell you that one of the biggest faux pas today’s kids (and their parents) make involves the invites.

“If your written invitations are handed out at school, make sure that everyone in your class — or your group, or your team — receives one,” explains Peggy Post and Cindy Post Senning, Ed.D., in Emily Post’s The Guide to Good Manners for Kids.
Too often, school-age children pick and choose who to invite from a class, leaving many kids left out and with hurt feelings. It’s up to you — as the parent — to explain why this is unacceptable. Read more >>

Guiding children on the right eating paths can help prevent adult obesity later on in life.

Many parents are having conflicts with their children, and they’re not over doing homework or cleaning their rooms. The disagreements are about food and how many of today’s youth need guidance about what they eat because of pronounced weight gain.

Research indicates that in the United States 1 out of 3 children is now classified as overweight or obese. With less time spent exercising and more time spent in front of the television or with gaming consoles, children are packing on the pounds.

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