Teaching Kids Psychological Skills

In our last column, we discussed how to create a nurturing and structured environment for spirited or cautious/rigid children. In this column, we’re broadening our focus to explore how to teach basic, essential psychological skills that all children need, like being...

Working with Challenging Child Temperaments

Some kids are naturally easy-going, adaptable, and cheerful. Sure, they’ll still cry if the ice cream falls off their cone, but in general, they have the sort of temperament that makes a parent’s job considerably easier: they trot into preschool with no clinging to...

When Kids Are Distractible or “Hyper”

“Our preschooler’s teacher has been hinting that he might be ‘hyperactive.’ She says it’s hard for him to sit still, he talks a lot without raising his hand, and he’s distracted by any little thing. At home, I have to constantly remind him to do things; he says he...