Mother Goose rhymes boost early reading skills in kids
Miami mother Krystal Ndukwu shares how her five year old creates rhymes while shopping and how researchers link nursery rhymes to vocabulary and phoneme awareness. Experts note rhymes help children grasp sounds, aiding reading progress across backgrounds, though some teachers question current relevance.
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Krystal Ndukwu
Kendall
Ndukwu
Azuwuike
Ikechi
Mother Goose
Sally Shaywitz
Yale University
Norma Bossard
Reading
Miami-Dade
Family Center
Nova Southeastern University
Drug free therapies should be first option for children
Dr. Sylvia B. Rimm discusses ADHD treatment, noting drug free therapies as first line but acknowledging cases needing medication. Clinic uses parent and teacher collaboration, individual and group therapy, with aim to reduce long term reliance. Medication can aid adjustment though not proven to boost long term school achievement.
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Sylvia
Dear Abby Advice Lights The Pain Of Affairs
A mother asks if she should tell a wife about her daughter's lover, a 24 year old married man. Abby warns against meddling as the daughter is an adult and the affair harms many. The column shares a former lover's admission of guilt and urges lessons from affairs to protect others from similar pain.
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Abby
Cammie
Oregon
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Susan Neuman
Temple University
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Sylvia B. Rimm
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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