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Website: https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-to-problem-behavior/  en Español When children struggle with their behavior, it can have a negative impact on everyone in the family. Parents know they need to respond, but they often aren’t sure what’s th...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/common-causes-of-behavior-problems-in-kids/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español When children act out more than occasionally — with frequent tantrums, outbursts or defiance — the first step to dealing with the proble...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/is-my-childs-anger-normal/  en Español  Most children have occasional tantrums or meltdowns. They may sometimes lash out if they’re frustrated or be defiant if asked to do something they don’t want to do. But when k...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/three-common-parenting-traps/  Writer: Matthew H. Rouse, PhD en Español Parenting. Even though we’ve been doing it for millennia, it’s still a work in progress. Despite generations of passed-down knowledge and experi...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/why-do-kids-act-out/  Writer: Gia Miller en Español Tantrums, whining, hitting…all kids act out sometimes. And when they do, parents are left wondering how to get them to just stop it and behave! The key to helpin...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/why-do-kids-have-tantrums-and-meltdowns/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español It will come as no surprise to parents that the most common problem that brings young children to the attention of a psychologist or psyc...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/why-kids-lie/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español Call them fibs, whoppers or straight-up untruths: However you label them, kids are likely to lie somewhere along the way. While a younger child may conjure up an elaborate ...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/why-do-kids-have-trouble-with-transitions/  Writer: Katherine Martinelli en Español Humans are creatures of habit. Even when we welcome it, change takes more energy. So perhaps it’s not surprising that children oft...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/how-discipline-toddlers/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español When and how should you begin to discipline toddlers? Kids begin knowing what “no” means at around seven months on average, and, once they can speak, many ...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/problem-behavior-in-preschoolers-2/  en Español Most children who are treated for disruptive behavior problems are school-age: They’ve been acting out in class, ignoring or defying teachers’ direction, or being too ag...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-toddlers/  Writer: Rae Jacobson, MS en Español You come home from a walk and tell your toddler, “Okay, time to put your shoes away.” Seems pretty straightforward, right? Not if you’re two. Toddler commu...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-not-to-do-when-your-child-is-having-a-tantrum/  Writer: Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, PhD en Español This is an excerpt from The Tantrum Survival Guide, by Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, PhD. Even when we know, as paren...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-a-behavior-intervention-plan/  Writer: Gia Miller en Español Let’s face it: All kids misbehave sometimes. Whether it’s at school or home, there will be moments when your child is overwhelmed by frustration or...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-social-and-emotional-learning/  Writer: Jessica Souza en Español Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a term for the way children acquire social and emotional skills. It includes things like managing diffic...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/kids-different-home-school/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español It’s not unusual for kids to behave differently in different settings. For instance, you’d expect a child to act one way at a friend’s birthday party and anot...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/school-mornings-without-the-stress/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español During the school year, a cry is heard from parents across the land: Getting kids out the door Monday through Friday is a killer. What makes school m...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/when-kids-refuse-to-go-to-school/  Writer: Rachel Busman, PsyD, ABPP en Español The term “school refusal” used to be more or less synonymous with truancy, invoking a picture of kids hanging out on the street corner...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/improving-behavior-classroom/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español On a first grade class like the one in Room B71 at KIPP Academy Elementary School, most of the students are going to be tuned into what the teacher wa...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-odd-oppositional-defiant-disorder/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español When parents start googling behavior issues, one phrase tends to jump out: oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). It’s easy to see why. “The w...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-conduct-disorder/  Writer: Gia Miller en Español If your child is repeatedly misbehaving in a manner that is harming others, you might have been told that they have a condition called conduct disorder.  By d...