Authoritative parents set clear rules and provide discipline and structure — with plenty of warmth and love. Here's why experts favor this approach.

What resources do you find helpful when you’re struggling? In the wake of the pandemic, a series of federal grants brought me into Milwaukee Public Schools to support children’s well-being and ...

Responsibility is another of the lessons the most successful kids learn from their parents. Why? Because it teaches kids ...

Media and screen time are an enormous part of kids' lives today. It's everywhere. According to Common Sense Media (2017), ...

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The beloved Muppets are teaching children how to deal with complex emotions. — -- Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

Raising children is simultaneously both an immensely rewarding journey and a challenging experience. Parents will be pushed in new ways they have never faced before. As many will know, learning to ...

Back when Kerri Boutelle's children were younger, she remembers watching how kids would eat ice cream cones. She noticed a big difference between some siblings. "One child would eat half of the ice ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — If you’ve noticed your child going into self-destruct mode after school, you may be witnessing something called after-school restraint collapse. After-school restraint collapse ...

Separation from a parent is one of the hardest losses a child can face. Whether the cause is divorce, custody transitions, foster care, illness, death, incarceration, or other family changes, the ...

Parents often complain that their children have become out of control and refuse to listen to them. Furthermore, this creates ...