Prosocial behaviors are voluntary actions intended to help others. Children display prosocial behavior when they share toys, comfort someone who is sad, or work together to complete a task. Share on ...

Most parents want their kids to be successful and happy. But these vague goals lead to daily battles. Needs-based parenting ...

A behavior chart is a type of reward system for keeping track of a kid's actions and choices that you like. It is one way to reinforce the good behavior a child displays and encourage patterns that ...

For a toddler, getting attention from a parent — even one who's yelling and getting upset — can reinforce a behavior just as ...

A support specialist works with a student in an Arkansas elementary school. Classroom behavior managements requires adults to understand and empathize with a child’s perspective, according to a ...

Throughout the month of December, many parents use an "Elf on the Shelf" or threats of Santa's nice and naughty list to keep their children’s behavior in line. According to these parents, Santa will ...

A consistent bedtime may be more important to a child's ability to control their emotions and behavior than the duration or quality of their sleep, according to a new publication. Sleep can affect a ...

Some examples of narcissistic behavior include inflating one’s accomplishments to gain praise, ignoring other people’s feelings, and deliberately taking credit for someone else’s work. Narcissistic ...

Adding evidence to the importance of early development, a new study links neutral maternal behavior toward infants with an epigenetic change in children related to stress response. Epigenetics are ...