Raising difficult kids can leave a lasting mark on their parents. This woman knows she was challenging as a child. And now, she feels guilty about the fact that her parents had trouble raising her.

Some kids grow up with a reputation for being strong-willed, dramatic, argumentative, or just plain difficult. They ask a lot of questions, push back on rules, and don’t always make things easy for ...

While every kid inevitably has their moments where they’ll stomp, shout and throw something in frustration, some kids simply seem “harder” to parent than others. Dubbed “hard kids”, parenting educator ...

The age gap between my two older and younger kids used to be difficult to plan around. They needed different things and enjoyed different activities. Now that they're older, it's less significant, and ...

I’ve always used Class Dojo to give positive behavior points, and I’ve had a class store as well to cash in their points for activities and prizes. I’ve never felt great about flooding the kids with ...

If your adult children know they can tell you tough things like 'I lost my job' or 'I'm not happy.' yopu know you did an ...

Parenting kids is so challenging because kids have big feelings, and they express these big feelings with big (i.e., challenging) behaviors. These feelings are usually complex. For example, your child ...

In 1996, I was a freshly minted high-school history teacher offering a lesson about the presidential election. Ned, who sat in the back row, was doing what Ned always did: making his classmates laugh.

Orchid children, spirited kids, those born with a difficult temperament—some kids are harder to parent than others. The challenges are more pronounced now for all parents in the time of COVID-19, when ...