Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children's disruptive behavior. New research looked at more than 150 studies of these programs, finding differences in what works best ...

Educators are being asked to take on more or larger classes alongside the Herculean challenges of lost instructional time and a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Credit: Jackie ...

Parents who are concerned about their kids' behavioral problems may not bring them up with their child's doctor, but they should consider doing so, researchers say. In a survey of nearly 1,300 parents ...

Some aggression is normal, experts say; parents can respond with redirection or distraction rather than by punishing the child with anger, yelling or spanking. By Perri Klass, M.D. Behavior problems ...

Everyone always says, "It's no big deal just ignore it." That strategy is right some of the time, but not all of the time. Ignoring mild misbehavior is a legitimate parenting strategy. It shows your ...