Challenging behavior among preschoolers isn’t easy to navigate. It can get especially frustrating if you feel your child is being unfairly disciplined in the classroom. Here are five takeaways from a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When one hears the word “expulsion,” a montage of scenes come to mind: an angsty teenager etching lewd drawings into a school bathroom stall, repeatedly talking back to an authority figure, ditching ...

Late one night, a man searches for something in a parking lot. On his hands and knees, he crawls around a bright circle of light created by a streetlamp overhead. A woman passes, stops, takes in the ...

It's a scene many parents have experienced – just as they're trying to cook dinner, take a phone call or run an errand, their child has a meltdown. And sometimes, handing a fussy preschooler a digital ...

Momentary time sampling, partial-interval recording, and event coding are observational coding methods commonly used to examine the social and challenging behaviors of children at risk for or with ...

This study investigated the impact of adult modeling and encouragement in prosocial home- and school-based interventions on preschool children's cooperative behavior. Forty-eight preschool children ...

Preschool children, specifically the 2- to 5-year-old set, are notoriously picky eaters, and parents need to recognize that this is developmentally appropriate, although frustrating! Preschool is an ...