Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

Strong fears drive troubling behaviors in children. These tips can benefit adoptive, foster, and biological parents alike.

Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent's own eating style influencing how they feed their children. Young children often display similar eating behaviour ...

Do abuse and neglect cause behavior problems among children or do behavior problems among children cause abuse and neglect? A new study from researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human ...

Finding 'Alternative Behaviors' Accepted by Society] Self-stimulatory behaviors seen in children with autism (ASD), such as ...

There's no one right way to raise a child, but different patterns of parenting are associated with how kids behave. A new ...

There's no one right way to raise a child, but different patterns of parenting are associated with how kids behave.

Earlier this month, I was asked to co-host an online webinar for parents aimed at helping them understand and manage several "undesirable behaviors." Among them were recognizable universal moments in ...

Kids are expert observers of behavior. They can pick up traits, habits, and lifelong behaviors easily — just by watching their own parents. It is part of a child's job description to learn from the ...

When a child behaves in an unwanted manner, changing their behavior often becomes a focus. Research, however, suggests that influencing the behavior of adults who interact with the child would be more ...