Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. Kids lost in school time during the pandemic. When they went back, they brought new behavioral challenges with them. "It’s ...

A couple of news stories about some new “studies” on sleep and both ADHD and child behavior recently caught my eye. They illustrate the impressive lengths certain segments of the mental health ...

Two new studies explore how discipline changes during childhood and adolescence, and what family factors affect those changes. They conclude that when parents use physical discipline through childhood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside a classroom. Teachers don't just teach the material. They challenge kids, nurture them, help them grow, and keep them ...

The St. Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board approved in April 2016 a new discipline policy forbidding schools from punishing children in preschool through 2nd grade with out-of-school ...

As the school year wound down, Piedmont Lakes Middle School administrators noted, with relief, that since spring break there’d been fewer fights and a sharp drop in discipline referrals for their most ...

Children who struggle with attention and behavior problems tend to end up earning less money, finish fewer years of school and have poorer mental and physical health as adults, compared with children ...

Several studies suggest that early and excessive TV viewing can lead to later attention problems and hyperactivity. The reverse is also true: fidgety, restless children are more likely to use digital ...