Parents are their children's first teachers in being able to control their emotions in a healthy manner. Parenting is one of the only jobs that doesn't come with a handbook or guide. However, a ...

Stripped of ritual and heavy symbolism, its ideas translate surprisingly well into everyday parenting moments: handling failure, staying focused, treating others fairly, and making calm decisions ...

Many of us have had the experience of coming to enjoy an activity as adults. For example, we weren't tennis players, bird lovers, plant parents, or photographers early in life, but came to enjoy one ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

Best Ways to Discipline Kids: Teaching discipline to children is a big challenge for every parent, but this does not mean that they should be disciplined by scolding or giving strict punishment.

Parenting has gotten a lot gentler over the years. Through research we've learned that the strict punishments of generations past aren't always the the healthiest or most effective solutions. We’ve ...