A friend of mine recently told me about this conversation with her son: Son: "Mom, you have to get to know people before you can be friends." Mom: "Hmmm... that makes a lot of sense." Son: "And ...

A 3-year old was denied entry into a private school after the child was diagnosed with autism, and now the family is fighting back. The boy was diagnosed after he was accepted to the Washington Market ...

Leibowitz: Remind your child that a college rejection is not a personal rejection. They are likely to be one among (too) many qualified students who applied, and it’s simply not possible for everyone ...

Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you. This fear ...

Children expecting rejection tend to resist conforming to academic and social trends. A child's emotional and cognitive reactions to potential rejection are strong predictors of conformity. Anxious ...

Imagine you’re a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you. This fear ...