If you hear the word discipline and your mind immediately goes to “how will I be punished?” well, join the club. For many millennial parents, discipline and punishment were one and the same growing up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the joys that accompany parenting also come the many trials and tribulations of the role. Parents are tasked with making ...

Noted child-parent specialist, Dr. Rudolph Dreikurs, says “Encouragement is more important than any other aspect of child raising. It is so important that the lack of it can be considered the basic ...

The difference between punishment and discipline is vast, but many people still equate the two. Caregivers benefit greatly when they understand the difference and how to foster the latter because ...

New York state is finally recognizing what parents, educators and doctors have known all along: children are children. Last month, our state joined 48 others that no longer treat 16- and 17-year-olds ...

Disciplining your child isn’t always straightforward. Whether you’re navigating toddler tantrums or teenage outbursts, it’s easy to lose your cool. But yelling or using physical punishment? Research ...