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Dr. Wendy Mogel offers advice on how to tackle the tricky tasks of raising teens.
Expert advice on how to raise children who are resilient, confident, and able to handle stress.
What makes teens - even "good kids" - do things that are risky and likely to land them in trouble? Adolescent brains are wired to take risks. However, not all risk-taking is inherently bad. How can you help your teenager learn to take positive risks and make good choices? This article has expert advice.
10 ways families cultivate resilience in children, an approach to life that views overcoming obstacles as a critical part of success.
Decades ago, boys who lacked motivation were called late bloomers. Today, we call them underachievers.
There isn't a set recipe for raising successful kids. But psychology research points to a handful of factors that could help.
How can parents keep up with smartphones? Tech executives weigh in on how they manage their children's social-media use.
Learning includes developing time-management skills, making choices, meeting deadlines, and coping with possible failure. This becomes harder when adults try to make students' lives too easy.
Here are secrets teenagers wish parents knew about their online use, but don't necessarily want to tell them.
As you help lay the path for college readiness, don't forget to include life skills right along with the academics. Your kid will thank you later.
It's hard to help the obviously upset adolescent who turns down a warm invitation to talk. Here's what may be going on.
Teens seem to have gotten the message that smoking real cigarettes is a bad idea but many are under the misapprehension that vaping is a safe alternative.
Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of “How to Raise an Adult,” shares her essay on why she believes it is important for parents to get over overparenting.
Tips from one parent to another about how to help your child succeed in high school.
A 16-year-old shares her tips on how to deal with the pressure of performing.
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
Parents who want access to information on an adult child’s health, finances or college grades need the child’s permission in writing.
Research suggests that students’ ninth-grade GPA might actually be the best predictor of future academic performance, graduation rate, and college enrollment yet
Research shows that clear rules help keep kids safe.
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