Parenting can be hard and can feel especially overwhelming when children have strong emotions, such as anger, frustration or excitement, that they are not always able to regulate on their own.

CNN — Awkwardness and big feelings? You must be talking about middle school. And while many parents assume that middle school is a rite of passage that kids need to stoically tough out, the opposite ...

I love my kids fiercely, but I've learned that loving them doesn't mean absorbing every mood swing, meltdown, or emotional storm they have.

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In a recent consult, the parents of a seven-year-old, who by nature is a very big reactor, shared that after a lot of hard work managing their own emotions and being less reactive to him when he is ...

Children who give short answers, avoid eye contact, or seem overly eager to please may be hiding their true feelings. Kids often stay quiet because they fear being judged, punished, or misunderstood ...

Capturing elusive feelings in words and pictures is the central project, and the greatest challenge, of a children’s book. For young people led by their tender hearts, a book that understands those ...

Anjali sat at the kitchen table in front of a blank piece of paper. She sat, and sat, and sat. Then she got up from the table and walked away. The unfinished task? A Valentine’s card for her ...

Back in the 1990s, when we were raising our kids, we already felt under siege from a world of information overload. In that decade, five times as many parenting books were published than parents had ...

Parenting—although rewarding and transformational—is not easy. Any child can be a handful any given day of the week and, unfortunately, there aren’t always quick, easy fixes for every challenge that ...

It's the weekend and your schedule is jam-packed—Friday night movie night, Saturday morning soccer followed by a birthday party and then a Sunday afternoon playdate. But you're not stressed about ...