It may look like children are just playing-as they giggle, babble and analyze items that have caught their eye and sparked their curiosity. But they're actually engrossed in the important work of ...

Ricky Sapp takes the stage to begin his speech to the school children. Ricky Sapp is no stranger to being part of a football huddle. On Monday, Sapp was the center of a bigger huddle at the Northwest ...

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the biggest challenges many parents face is trying to help their children get motivated to succeed in school, sports, music, the workplace, or life in general. We may try ...

Parent-teacher conferences are held at this time of the year. This can be a stressful time for both parents and children. When parents attend these meetings and learn that their child is not doing ...

In today’s competitive world, many parents seem to focus mainly on outcomes, marks, awards and achievements, but might be ...

Praise is often seen as a simple route to boosting children’s confidence and motivation however, psychologists warn that the way that parents and educators praise children can sometimes backfire, ...

I am writing to note the misrepresentation of my position in a brief quote in “How She Does It: Tips From the Trenches” (The Chronicle, June 30). When I was interviewed, I spent half an hour ...