Biting, hitting, kicking, yelling, throwing, name-calling, and all out tantrums. Sound familiar? Almost every kid, no matter how darling, acts out, and it's our job as parents to figure out why. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSBURG, Ill. – A group of fifth grade boys trailed into the conference room in the front office of Johnsburg Elementary School ...

School discipline should teach, not punish, but that's what bills advancing at the Statehouse would require, writes Jenny ...

Parents in a Texas school district could soon have to take a class to help their misbehaving children. The Dallas Independent School District is proposing a change to its student code of conduct that ...

Dawn Mendralla, a social worker at Johnsburg Elementary School, leads a group session for students who struggle to regulate their emotions. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Children often act out to express unmet needs or emotions they can't articulate. Misbehavior can stem from a lack of skills, peer influence, or underlying mental health issues. Understanding the root ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many parents with children a few years removed from toddler years have witnessed the rapidly emerging independence that comes ...

When children misbehave, some parents assume that it is just the way they’re wired and there is not much they can do about it. However, according to one certified parenting coach, children’s behavior ...

When a child breaks a major rule, hurts someone, or commits a significant infraction, most parents feel compelled to give a consequence. They often ask me, “What’s an appropriate punishment for what ...

I was on my way to Cornwall to visit a friend, and was happily seated on a morning train when three rowdy children in the adjacent seats started to misbehave. Two of them, who I’d estimate were about ...

At the beginning of the year, the viral video of the moment that everyone was talking about showed an unsupervised boy wreaking all kinds of hell inside a Tallahassee, Fla., Dollar General store. For ...

When a child breaks a major rule, hurts someone, or commits a significant infraction, most parents feel compelled to give a consequence. They often ask me, “What’s an appropriate punishment for what ...