Learning, practicing, and engaging in self-control is essential to leading a good life, writes Joan M. Cook.

"Is self-regulation determined by innate personality or traits?"Parents and teachers working in early childhood education ...

If you’re reading this post, you may have a child like mine: the proverbial bull in the china shop. Or the one who seemingly ignores you when it’s time to stop playing to come down for dinner.

Are you worried because "no matter how many times I tell them, they won't stop gaming" or "they lash out when I try to take it away..."?Surveillance, coercion, and turning off the power are causes of ...

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 ...