Falling snow. Hot chocolate. Good cheer to all.

The winter holidays bring out a lot of good in people. It also brings out a lot of crazy, especially when it comes to last-minute holiday shopping. How many shopping bags can one desperate parent carry? Today's parents are...

Who is this child? Who is this student?

If I tell you that he has a 125 IQ, do you know him?  How about if I add that he has a unique neuropsychological profile, with wide-ranging strengths and weaknesses? Do you sense that you know him when I say that he...

The researcher Simon Baron-Cohen's declaration that "[i]t has never been a better time to have autism" (The Independent, Jan. 21, 2007) strikes many of us as ironic. But then we know what it means: it is a promising and exciting moment in the field. Who can predict what wonders will...

A vast majority of parents -- 94 percent, according to a recent survey -- judge their children to be spoiled. Other surveys show that almost as many parents see today's consumerism as a significant deterrent to their best attempts to raise children with good values and strong character. The top...