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This article discusses a troubling trend in Canada – kids are dropping out of sports at a young age because of the competitive environment. With the emphasis on talent and competition – kids who just want activity or recreational fun do not fit in. The result is that they end up leaving the sport, and […]

A new University of Washington study found that, according to parent reports, while having routines, disengaging at a natural stopping point or simply having a battery die made for an easier transition when it came time for kids to turn off a screen, giving a two-minute warning actually made kids more upset when the screen was shut off: http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/05/05/two-minute-warnings-make-kids-screen-time-tantrums-worse/ […]

This study shows that involvement of both parents in behavioral interventions leads to better results: http://helpingfamilieschange.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/A2-Frank-Keown-Sanders-Dittman.pdf  

A new study found that managing medications for ADHD via telepsychiatry was more effective than the more common practice of transferring med management to primary care: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258927  

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