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Sadly, the rate of eating disorders in children being treated and hospitalized is increasing for anorexia and bulimia.

An adjunct of Screen Actors Guild Foundation's literacy program BookPALS, Pencil PALS helps improve writing skills for children by finding pen pals for kids.

The slumping economy doesn't mean parents have to sacrifice spending quality time with the kids; it just means they have to find less expensive ways to do it.

A few of many possible classroom demonstrations that illustrate Newton's laws and excite kids about learning physics.

Many children need a little encouragement to develop positive and lasting friendships. Help your child seek out positive playmates and encourage others to warm to them.

Suzie Gilbert's memoir of her first years as a backyard bird rehabilitator is funny, insightful, and poignant, filled with challenges, rewards, and disappointments.

Elementary teachers and parents can use the funny poems in "What's The Weather Inside?" by Karma Wilson to teach kids poetry rhyme patterns, homophones and connotation.

Old fashioned drill and practice is being replaced in the classroom with games that are often competitive in nature and help motivate children to master skills.

Government workers can spend furlough days wisely by supporting children and local schools with volunteer activities on off days.

Not every child has an easy time learning how to divide. There are some basic approaches available for solving this common dilemma for kids in the intermediate grades.

Base 10 blocks can make abstract ideas like place value and regrouping visible and tangible for your primary school students when the time comes to teach math.