Over the past few years, there has been a meaningful addition in the types of families seeking abacus and mental arithmetic classes. Alongside parents looking to give their children an academic edge, there is a growing number of parents whose children are diagnosed with dyslexia. These children are bright and curious kids who are struggling not because they lack intelligence, but because their brains are wired differently. Their parents are searching, often desperately, for tools which can...

Few topics in modern parenting generate as much passionate debate as “gentle parenting”. Proponents describe it as the most compassionate and evidence-based approach to raising children. Critics, on the other hand, argue that it is producing a generation of entitled, emotionally fragile individuals who have rarely been told "no" without an extended discussion about their feelings. The reality, as child psychologists and researchers have increasingly noted, lies somewhere in the complicated...

What is Dyscalculia, and Why Does it Matter? Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that affects a child's ability to understand, process and work with numbers. Often described as the numerical equivalent of dyslexia, it affects an estimated 3 to 7% of school-age children, yet it receives a fraction of the awareness and resources that dyslexia does. Children with dyscalculia may struggle to grasp basic number relationships, remember arithmetic facts, understand place value or tell the...