With the joys that accompany parenting also come the many trials and tribulations of the role. Parents are tasked with making choices about everything from their child's education to their dietary ...

Personal accountability is the foundation of mental fitness, which is critical for effective leadership. I’m not talking about everyday actions. I’m talking about a radical level of accountability.

Healthy discipline deals with bad behavior by teaching the child why their behavior is unacceptable while also teaching them self-control. When a parent shows control over their emotions, it teaches ...

Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new research. Spanking is more ...

Parents' short-term goal is often to focus on getting their children to listen to them and follow the rules and limits they set for their family. Yet the long-term goal is to raise children who truly ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Research on school discipline has focused largely on the effects of exclusionary measures across the life course, but a University at Buffalo sociologist has published a new study that ...

Pot-smoking parents are such a buzzkill. Smoking weed doesn’t make parents more chill when it comes to discipline — it actually makes them more likely to punish their kids, a new study has found. The ...