Does your child get home from school and just lose it? When it’s time for homework, does it feel like a constant battle? Within the context of childhood development, kids are learning to manage their ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

If you are a psychology enthusiast, you have probably heard of the famous marshmallow test, developed by the late Walter Mischel. In this task, kids are given a single treat, such as a marshmallow, ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...