Kids' Drawings Speak Volumes About Home : NPR Ed A first-grader's quick doodle can tell researchers plenty about what's happening — or not happening — at home.

We have an opportunity to remember that drawing, like speech, and writing, is a record of gesture. Accessibility links. ... Speaking, That Is Drawing. January 26, 2011 3:18 PM ET. By .

Avoiding public speaking—or pretty much anything you fear—may reinforce or even grow that fear in your mind. For me, the thing that had the biggest impact was taking small steps toward ...