Noël Plummer can't imagine making a conscious decision to inflict physical pain on her 8-year-old daughter as a punishment. She's...

Forget everything you may have read about coping with children's temper tantrums. Time-outs, sticker charts, television denial—for many, none of...

Dr. Alan E. Kazdin contends that treatments for mental health issues have made great strides over the last few decades,...

I can count on one hand the number of children’s songs I know. There are, of course, the ABC’s song,...

Juju Chang on how arguing in front of your kids affects their development.

One of the most common concerns for parents is the worry that their children, especially preadolescents and adolescents, are just...

Corporal punishment of children has long been a topic of controversy in the United States. According to some studies, more...

Rewarding the desired behavior is just one element of positive reinforcement, which a deep body of reputable research over several...

Research demonstrates that teenagers do not suffer from some special inability to reason. Larry Steinberg and other researchers explain the...

In Brooklyn, public school’s been up and running for almost two months now, and I can’t stop thinking about Jmyha...