Slang helps kids fit in with their peers, but standard English proficiency remains crucial. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Respect for ourselves and respect for others are the foundations of trust. Speaking respectfully is learned, and being spoken to respectfully by our children is of great importance to most parents.

Of all the public service campaigns embraced throughout the years, that which seems to have made one of the more lasting impressions is also among the more misguided: Don't talk to strangers. The ...

I must make time for my daughter’s feelings, even if they seem irrational or make me uncomfortable. Probably especially then, because that’s when she needs the most help sorting through them. “Just ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for ...

CLOQUET, Minn. — Persia Erdrich’s son had just turned 2 years old when he spoke his first sentence in Ojibwe. The pair were visiting the Minnesota Zoo as part of a group of babies, toddlers, parents ...

Nineteen-month-old toddlers already use natural logical thinking, even before they learn to speak, to deal with uncertainties about the world. This natural logic contributes to their learning process, ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for the toughest one: teaching my own children to speak Russian, my native ...