AMES, Iowa – Most parents will admit that talking with a teenage child is difficult at times. It is even more challenging when parents and children don’t speak the same language fluently – a reality ...

If your teenager often seems moody and volatile, you might be tempted to dismiss it as normal teenage behavior that will eventually pass. But sometimes the symptoms that most parents and caregivers of ...

It is so easy to interpret our child's misbehavior as intentional defiance. I encourage you to change your mentality and view misbehavior as an expression of an overwhelmed brain.

Today's New York Times carried an important Op Ed piece by Mike Males and Meda-Chesney Lind called The Myth of Mean Girls. The impetus for the piece was the horrible case of a 15 year old Irish ...

One of the hard parts about raising a teenager is that you used to be one. You probably remember the feelings, the changes and maybe making some not-so-great choices. Teenagers are faced with ...

My son is 10 years old and about to turn 11. We have a great relationship with him, and besides some minor behavior issues (occasionally forgetting to clean up a mess, losing homework, getting mad at ...

All the way back in Module 1, we touched briefly on meltdowns and explained how they are not the same thing as bad or manipulative behavior. However, meltdowns can sometimes look or seem like bad ...

All the way back in Module 1, we touched briefly on autistic meltdowns and explained how they are not the same thing as bad or manipulative behavior. However, autistic meltdowns can sometimes look or ...