SAN MATEO, Calif. — School had been in session at Lead Elementary for less than an hour, but already Andrea Quinn had paused teaching her first graders nearly 20 times. First, there was the child who ...

If your child is riding the line between naughty and nice this holiday season, it may be tempting to use the impending threat of Santa withholding gifts as leverage to curb bad behavior. One in 4 ...

When young children's behavior becomes challenging, many parents resort to threats – from taking away toys to threatening that Santa will skip their house, a national poll suggests. Parents of ...

Brittany Krzak said she was at her wit's end by the time she showed up to a Lorain City School District board of education meeting in March. Her daughter's kindergarten classroom at Toni Morrison ...

Should children suffer consequences when they don’t do what we tell them to do? This question has come up a great deal recently in light of the advent of gentle parenting. Gentle parenting emphasizes ...

France’s SNCF recently introduced rail carriages barring under-12s. Some adults think the UK should do the same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elementary teachers say they’re seeing worsening and increasingly severe behavior problems in young children and want help — ...