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This article discusses how challenging divorced fathers find remaining in their child’s academic development. The research is based on conversations made with 20 divorced dads, their experiences with school staff, and their failure to acknowledge them as parents. This article also overviews the benefits of having involved fathers in the lives of young children. 

Mental health issues make it more difficult for dads to engage in nurturing, interactive relationships with their children and partners. When fathers' mental health declines, the quality of their co-parenting relationships and the well-being of their children also declines. Fathers may experience various psychiatric disorders during parenthood, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, or substance use disorders, which can harm their children's development in detrimental ways. Join this critical discussion on what we…

This toolkit describes how an interactive mentoring relationship involves teaching and learning between the mentor and the person being mentored, and offers tips to help mentors and mentees experience the full benefit of a mentoring relationship.

Kindergarten comes with big changes for children. It may be their first time in a structured school setting, or in a room with many children.

Each child responds differently. Some get excited about new experiences, while others feel nervous about these upcoming changes. Furthermore, children may react differently once they enter the classroom.

Kids also come to kindergarten at different readiness levels. Some have skills like knowing the alphabet and counting to ten. Others have not yet acquired these skills.

Here are nine ways to help kids make this transition.

Los trastornos del espectro autista (TEA) son una discapacidad del desarrollo que puede provocar problemas sociales, comunicacionales y conductuales significativos. A menudo, no hay indicios en el aspecto de las personas con TEA que los diferencien de otras personas, pero es posible que quienes tienen un TEA se comuniquen, interactúen, se comporten y aprendan de maneras distintas a otras personas. Las destrezas de aprendizaje, pensamiento y resolución de problemas de las personas con TEA pueden variar; hay desde personas con muy altos niveles de capacidad (dotadas, o gifted en inglés) y…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a  developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. There is often nothing about how people with ASD look that sets them apart from other people, but people with ASD may communicate, interact, behave, and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning, thinking, and problem-solving abilities of people with ASD can range from gifted to severely challenged. Some people with ASD need a lot of help in their…

This Australian web page supports the prevention of violence against women by offering parents strategies for raising children to be respectful, understand gender equity, and cultivate healthy relationships.

The author dissects myths and facts to assist students, parents, and teachers in thinking critically about Thanksgiving.

On a Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., about two dozen elementary and secondary school teachers experienced a role reversal. This time, it was their turn to take a quiz: answer “true” or “false” for 14 statements about the famous meal known as the “First Thanksgiving.”

This article provides information from a workshop that helped teachers separate myths and facts so they could learn a better way to teach the Thanksgiving story to their students.

The goal of this article is to talk about traditional bullying and cyberbullying, highlight the warning signs and effects of each, explain the differences between the two forms of harassment, and teach you ways to prevent or stop any form of bullying before it becomes out of control.