The call from school is specific and urgent: your five-year-old hit a classmate during circle time, or bit another child on the playground. An incident report is coming home. A meeting has been ...

Parents are the third rail of the discipline conversation. Teachers say they need backup from their school leaders.

ST PAUL, Minn — Bad behavior in classrooms is a nationwide problem that has only worsened since the pandemic. A recent National Education Association (NEA) survey found teachers cited "disruptive and ...

Schoolteachers across the country say they are still struggling with post-pandemic behavior problems in classrooms. The spike in tantrums, outbursts and fidgeting coincides with a national mental ...

When children struggle—whether through tantrums, withdrawal, aggression, or inattention—adults often rush to interpret the behavior. We diagnose, label, or frame ...

In preschool and school-aged children with disruptive behavior disorders, programs involving parents — either alone or with the child and a caregiver or teacher — were associated with reductions in ...