Research scientists say kids who are persistently aggressive or defiant in their teens were likely showing signs of persistent aggressive behavior years earlier when they are toddlers. Sometimes as a ...

Across all the trials, a modest but noticeable short-term effect was found, translating to up to a 28 percent reduction in ...

Children today have changed significantly compared to the past. While children used to understand after being scolded, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Screens are everywhere. They are on our digital devices, TVs, and video games. But research by the American Psychological Association found that spending too much time on a ...

The inspiration to write this article came from my recent experience of working a shift in a child and adolescent psychiatric unit for children under 10 years old. I observed firsthand how a child’s ...

Kids can be quick to feel shame and shut down or escalate when corrected. Skipping the correction and directly guiding them ...

“Sometimes he just explodes. He screams, punches walls, and calls me names. I walk on eggshells every day. And then… he acts like nothing happened.” Such behavior is not that rare. Parents share this ...

For children and adolescents, it is often important to be popular or liked. But young adults also appear to attach importance ...

Dear Annie: There’s a little boy in my son’s school — he’s 6 years old — who has a history of being very physical with other kids, including my son. They were in the same class previously, and my son ...