Think back to the last time you were eating a bag of plantain chips. Did you eat just one or did you end up eating the whole bag? What about the last time you opened up a half gallon of ice cream – ...

Raising children today that can resist temptation and delay gratification is a bigger challenge than ever before. Temptations abound! According to Walter Mischel, the author of the famed Stanford ...

In a recent article published in Child Development, researchers presented the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effects of Recipe 4 Success, a preventive intervention ...

Parents regularly worry about how their children will navigate the world as adults. Will they grow up to be happy and well-adjusted? Will they get a good job and live comfortably? Every child is ...

When I began my career teaching at-risk children, most of my students lived in poverty, suffered abuse, or were challenged by learning, emotional or physical disabilities. I wanted to find ways to ...

I refer to the recent cases of youth violence, such as the one reported in “Teen who attacked foreign workers out of boredom jailed” (April 21), as well as the ongoing case of Amos Yee. These cases ...

Researchers find that preteens who have good self-control are more likely to have better health and social well-being in their early 30s. Some of the resulting policy recommendations are a bit ...

As educators, we dream of self-directed learners who are empowered to take responsibility for their own learning. A critical skill is self-regulation. Self-regulation is the ability to monitor and ...