This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. A couple of years ago I was at the ophthalmologist with my six-year-old daughter. The optician asked me ...

As a parent of three young children and child psychologist, I am always trying to find different ways to teach children about their emotions and learn ways to be mindful and aware of their feelings ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Collage By ParentingPatch.com These days, the phrase “overstimulating” is routinely discussed among parent groups, ...

Written by guest author Michelle Ramos, Ph.D. In early childhood, parents play a critical role in helping their children develop their emotion regulation skills, that is, the skills to label, ...

"Mighty Makers" is a program designed by therapists at the Parkside Psychiatric Hospital to teach children how to better understand their emotions. Therapists say they began to notice a need for ...

Peking University, August 4, 2025: Why do young children often miss the emotions behind adult expressions? A pioneering study led by researcher Xie Wanze from Peking University’s School of ...

Brain scans revealed a hidden and more severe form of ADHD in children, characterized by significant emotional disturbances.

Joy. Fear. FOMO. Watch kids explore emotions and find tips to manage them in this episode. Emotions and feelings are a major part of childhood. In this episode, kids act out emotions on stage, we walk ...

Parents today are so terrified of invalidating their kids that they often swing like a pendulum in the opposite direction, training their kids that their emotions should be the center of the universe.