Children’s mental health and well-being are tied to their achievement in school. For elementary and middle school students, the classroom can be an overwhelming environment that may cause social ...

Children's mental health and well-being are tied to their achievement in school. For elementary and middle school students, the classroom can be an overwhelming environment that may cause social ...

You’ve seen them all over Pinterest and scrawled on coasters, but positive affirmations actually have a purpose beyond memes and home decor. In fact, these feel-good statements go a long way towards ...

This statement teaches children that their worth is not limited to any skill, talent or marks. Being worthy and loved forms the base for developing happiness in life. This affirmation helps children ...

Starting the day with positive affirmations can significantly impact children's emotional well-being and daily performance.

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 ...

Middle school can be tough on an adolescent’s self-esteem. Social comparison often becomes fierce, leading to feelings of unworthiness that can have negative consequences in years to come. How can a ...

Regardless of whether or not you specifically relate to that pop-punk relic, it's very possible that you also aren't thriving in the self-esteem department. And that's not your fault—society is ...

For two kids who share so much of their DNA, my children couldn’t be more different in their displays of self-confidence. My 7-year-old recently got toothpaste on her dress while brushing her teeth, ...

A fellow, slightly upset at my recent series of columns dealing with the myriad stupid parenting ideas that came out of the 1960s, accuses me of painting with too broad a brush. Without being very ...

In the United States, nine percent of the population, or 28.8 million Americans, will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. The same study shows that there are about 10,200 deaths per year (or ...