Kids

A mother seeks advice on how to change her daughter's tendency to place her interests and happiness below those of others.

Our expert is concerned that a parent's attempts to correct a "listening" problem appear to be forms of punishment.

When a child throws a violent tantrum, it's time to have a heart-to-heart.

In the U.S., it has become frighteningly common to suggest that any child who is a "behavior problem" for teachers should go on Ritalin.

Millions of children in the U.S. -- mostly boys -- are being labeled and misdiagnosed with learning disorders.

Many complex factors cause behavior and learning problems. It takes considerable professional skills and patience to discover and treat them successfully.

Don't let some neighbor's news of "supposed" developmental delays in a couple of her kids cloud your ability to see and to be excited by the healthy, safe and secure lives your boys are living.

Sometimes a child needs a different world view -- one that doesn't insist on him being first at everything he does.

Every child needs to incorporate the learning that he is not the center of the universe.

Being fundamentally powerless in a world of adults, kids cling to their routines to give them a sense of calm and control.

Just because a child hasn't made any loyal friends doesn't mean she should be removed from school and homeschooled.

When a child is talked about as if something is "wrong" with him, it can contribute significantly to his having little confidence in himself.

Tips on what to do when your child consistently wakes up unhappy in the morning.

Learn how grief support groups can help kids who have suffered a major loss.

After such a serious infraction, these teens will have to work to reclaim their position in the family as people who can be trusted.

The long-standing and currently overwhelming opinion in the psychology community concerning children's beauty pageants is that they are not in the best interests of healthy child development.

Discipline is not punishment, and hurting children physically should NEVER be a part of discipline.

There are many resources and organizations that advise adoptive parents on how and what to tell adopted kids at every chronological and developmental age and stage.