Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

In their quest to protect their kids, many parents make the mistake of refusing to let their children take any risks. This ...

As a middle school principal, there were times when parents fought hard to prevent me from disciplining their children for mistakes they made at school. These parents always thought they were acting ...

Confidence isn’t built from constant success but from how we recover when things don’t go as planned. For children, experiencing small mistakes can be powerful training in resilience, self-trust, and ...