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By KidsDirect Editorial Team Your Menstrual Cycle, Explained Ask a room of women what they were told about their first period and you’ll get a lot of different stories. Some heard nothing at all. Some got a whispered talk and a box of pads. Plenty grew up with a mix of myths, embarrassment, and ads that made periods sound like
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Plenty of childhood conditions slip under the radar. ADHD usually doesn’t, because it’s hard to miss in a classroom or at the dinner table. A child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may have a hard time staying focused, act before thinking, squirm in a seat, and leave a trail of
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Understanding the Different Types of Learning Disabilities One of the first questions parents ask when they learn their child has a learning disability is “Why? What went wrong?” There’s rarely a simple answer, and that’s really the point of this article. Learning disabilities aren’t one condition with one cause. They’re a whole category of different diagnoses,
By KidsDirect Editorial Team What Causes Learning Disabilities When parents find out their child has a learning disability, the first question is almost always the same. “Why? What went wrong?” It’s a natural thing to ask. It’s also a question that doesn’t have a tidy answer, and chasing it can leave you feeling guilty about things that were never in
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Learning Disabilities Maybe your child works twice as hard as everyone else on homework and still comes up short. Maybe reading feels like a fight, or the backpack looks like a tornado hit it every single day. It’s easy to blame laziness or a bad attitude, and plenty of kids hear exactly that. But a learning