Everyone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the ...

Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s Parenting Connection Tuesday and 6 News is here for you with tips, strategies, and helpful reminders from child development experts on how we can be better parents and ...

It's easy to want to be the perfect parent when you have kids, but making mistakes as a parent is pretty natural. In fact, it's part of the equation for raising successful kids, developmental ...

In the world we live in today kids need more than good grades to do well. They need to be able to think for themselves, ...

Most parents step in when their kids seem to be at risk of failure because they care. It’s instinctive to want to protect your kid from anything that might set them back, so parents often do several ...

“Often mistaken, never in doubt.” That wry phrase describes us all more than we’d like to admit. The psychological study of misconceptions shows that all of us possess many beliefs that are flawed or ...

Confidence is really important for kids when they are growing up. It helps kids speak up, take on challenges, and get along with people. A lot of parents worry that pushing their kids hard might make ...

Clockwise: Marcus in his solo violin performance at age 10; Meagan trying drums at Grade 12; both kids trying scuba diving at Manila Ocean Park; Meagan in 5th Grade with Coach Christine in one of ...