NEW YORK -- Call it self-discipline, self-control, self-management, or merely doing what you know you should do even when no one is looking. We all know teaching kids to do the right thing is no easy ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a ...

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 ...