Researchers who study parenting and child development distinguish between behavioral control and psychological control. Behavioral control involves parents’ attempts to set clear rules and monitor ...

Foster youth behaviors aren’t defiance—they’re survival signals. Seeing through a trauma lens shifts stigma to empathy, ...

Kids with conduct issues can pose a unique challenge to parents. New research is showing it's crucial to keep calm.

A team of researchers has identified measures we take in order to skirt having to exert self-control in our daily lives -- findings that offer new insights into what motivates human behavior. A team ...

The FDA is back to square one in its efforts to ban the use of electric shocks to stop aggressive behavior or self-injury, in a process that has spanned decades. The agency previously took the rare ...