At 7:15 in the morning, your child may be dressed but not moving. One shoe is on. The school bag is untouched. Breakfast has become an argument. Then come the tears, the stomach ache, the repeated request: “Please don’t make me go to school today.” For...

A girl sits quietly in class. She does not disturb anyone. She may even get decent marks. But every day, she comes home exhausted. Homework takes hours. She loses things constantly. She cries when small plans change. She is called careless, distracted,...

Teenagers today spend an average of over 15 hours a week gaming, and that number keeps rising every year. On its own, that isn’t a red flag; gaming is simply how a lot of today’s teenagers relax and connect with friends. But in my practice,...

In my seventeen years as a child psychologist, one sentence comes up more than almost any other, usually from an exhausted, worried mother sitting across from me: “He used to tell me everything. Now I don’t know what’s going on in his...

Nearly 8 out of 10 high schoolers, 77% according to the CDC, are not getting the sleep their growing brains and bodies need on an average school night. In my clinic, when I ask parents to describe their teenager in one word, “moody” comes...