Teens: Survey Says…

  Ask a teenager what problems they see their peers suffering from and you may be surprised by how attentive and sensitive they are. 70% of U.S. teens ages 13-17, surveyed last year by the Pew Research Center, said anxiety and depression were major problems; only...

*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on January 11, 2016.   Julia — Amazing Muppet!   Sesame Street has been an educational institution in the United States for 46 years. As part of the Sesame Workshop’s initiative “Sesame Street and Autism:...

Unity Day

Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham                             Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John Hambrock           Zits by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman    ...

*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on August 3, 2015.   Bullying: Causes And Effects   We’ve said it here before and we’ll say it again: Bullying is never right, always wrong, and completely unacceptable. Some recent studies regarding bullying...

Reality Check

A peek at the news headlines these days might make you think that everything is going downhill. When it comes to behavioral health among America’s youth, pediatric psychiatrist David C. Rettew, says looks can be deceiving:   Pediatricians often hear parents...