Watch Pamela Cantor, M.D. answer questions from parents in this video series from The Human Potential L.A.B. and Learning Heroes, part of their Go Beyond Grades campaign.

Spring 2025

The tragic shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia highlights the ongoing threat of gun violence in schools. Pamela Cantor, M.D., explores the biological impact of stress on children's ability to learn and provides tips for adults to help reassure and support young people in the aftermath of such events.

NPR's A. Martínez interviews Pamela Cantor, M.D. about a Pew report that finds U.S. parents' biggest concern is the mental health of their children.

Learning Loss: Learn What We Can Do About It Watch Dr. Pamela Cantor, M.D. in conversation with NBC News' Kate Snow, National PTA President Anna King, and Co-CEO of Excellence Community Charter Schools Dr. Charlene Reid as they answer parents' top questions about supporting young learners. From motivation and resilience to summer learning and academic success, explore expert insights on what truly helps children thrive. Watch the full discussion here.

National PTA Podcast, featuring Pamela Cantor, M.D., on how to help your child through crises.

Shawn Ginwright discusses his new book, The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, and provides what he describes as a “roadmap” for people to embody the change they want to see in society.

In her book The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now, Anya Kamenetz writes that in March 2021, experts in pediatric infectious diseases reported that American youth were experiencing food insecurity, lack of socialization, depression, isolation….and were suffering academically, emotionally, socially, and physically.

It may be scary to talk with your children about school shootings, but it's important to try.

“The desire to fit in is one of the most powerful, least understood forces in a society.” That’s what Todd Rose writes in his book, Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions.

All Kids Thriving: Psychology Today—Unsure whether to talk to children about the war in Ukraine? Hearing the truth from someone they trust can be reassuring.

The disruption to schooling caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to rethink education.

Our bodies and brains are integrated systems, and making self-care part of our daily routine—even during the most challenging of times—can provide the stabilizing sense of control that builds resilience.

Pamela Cantor, M.D. introduces the concept of 3 R's: relationships, routines, and resilience to help parents and caregivers navigate the pandemic.

A conversation with Pamela Cantor, M.D. in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic about managing disruption, stress, health, and safety.

Now is a time to interrogate behaviors, attitudes and beliefs about how you interact with people. Are they harming or marginalizing them further? And how are you being an ally or a co-conspirator in helping people who are furthest from opportunity and marginalized to come closest to opportunity and less marginalized?

If, as the saying goes, learning happens everywhere, how can our community based programs—the ones outside the classroom that serve and engage our children and youth—use the Science of Learning and Development to rethink and redesign what kids do after the end of school bell rings?