COLUMBUS, Ohio — Paula Johnson-Neal hopes her books inspire teachers, parents and children to have a good day. What she means by that is children need to be shown how positive acts can make themselves ...

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When my son was a baby, I swore I’d never let him watch PAW Patrol. At the time, I thought of it as the kind of TV show I didn’t want my child to become obsessed with: noisy and overstimulating. But ...

It turns out that teaching kids problem solving may be among the most promising and proven practices to prevent bullying and reduce the odds of victimization. It is a strategy often overlooked, but ...

While problem-solving skills are not taught directly in the classroom, they are part of everyday life building skills. It is important to provide children real world examples and some rationale behind ...

I am in a unique position in my dual role as parent and pediatric psychologist. Like most parents, I want to alleviate our children’s suffering by doing whatever I can. We hate to see our children ...

I cannot count how many times I’ve asked the internet for parenting advice. (It’s a lot.) Parenting is a wonderful and important job, but it’s also really tough — and there’s no manual! Because no ...