An important part of growing up is learning how to take care of yourself.
Set to Go, a collection of tools and information from the JED Foundation, helps you prepare for a successful transition to college. Read more ›
An important part of growing up is learning how to take care of yourself.
Set to Go, a collection of tools and information from the JED Foundation, helps you prepare for a successful transition to college. Read more ›
Most U.S. adults (83%) cite inflation as a significant source of stress, according to APA’s October 2022 Stress in America survey. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, households with children have consistently fared worse than households without children. Read more ›
After months of virtual activities being the norm, how can parents wean their children and families off screens? An expert’s top advice. Read more ›
The following selection of books includes resources for parents, young adults, kids, teens and tweens. Read more ›
Children will avoid expending energy on tasks for all sorts of reasons, whether they think they’re boring, irrelevant or frustrating, or they want to protect their ego or feel pressure to perform. Although it can be easy to engage in a battle of wills, here are seven more productive ways that caregivers can help children overcome their own resistance and accomplish hard things. Read more ›
If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, here’s a strategy that may help boost your mental health: Spend the next week observing your daily habits. Read more ›
Patricia Jennings, associate professor at the University of Virginia and author of the new book The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom, says that childhood trauma can have severe immediate and long-term consequences for students’ cognitive, social and emotional development. Read more ›
When I wrote about my son’s depression and suicidal ideation, I was afraid to read the comments. I expected the Internet to tell me what I still feared deep down: it was all my fault. Read more ›
Spurred by brain research that has shown a strong connection between the social and emotional skills of students and their cognitive development, more schools across the country are emphasizing “soft skills” such as communication, collaboration, self-awareness and problem-solving as part of a trend known as social and emotional learning, or SEL. Read more ›
Many young children struggle with frustration tolerance. Anger and frustration are powerful emotions, and children’s reactions can be intense in the moment. As adults, we know when our anger buttons are pushed. We know what we need to do to work through something frustrating in an appropriate manner. Kids, however, don’t enter this world with a pocket full of frustration management skills. Read more ›