De-escalating children’s behavior is a tough job. Whether the child is three or thirteen, once a tantrum starts, it’s hard to bring it to an end. Bruce Perry, a noted expert on brain development explains that the trick to successful...

The struggle between compassion and retribution is a familiar one. Many find it difficult to abandon the Old Testament adage about “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Getting even or making someone pay for real or imagined...

Common sense suggests that the rate of school suspensions go up as children grow older. This belief is fueled by media images of middle school bullies and adolescent thugs. So a recent Department of Education report on this topic surprised a lot of...

David Bornstein's article in the November 3, 2013 NY Times is a call for action to prevent toxic stress in young children. A longer, more detailed discussion appears in his blog post at www.nytimes.com/opinionator . The blog post references the ACE...

  Parents and teachers aren’t surprised when toddlers burst into tears because they are frustrated or disappointed. Temper tantrums are common place among young children who haven’t learned to use words to express their feelings. Most...

Boston is trying to get back to normal. Stores are open. Trains are running. And children are back in school.   With memories of the Newtown tragedy still fresh and the haunting images of the Boston Marathon inescapable, teachers were...

  BY ROBIN KARR-MORSE AND DAVID LAWRENCE Jr. dlawrence@childreadiness.org Though Americans have lived through more than 30 school shootings since Columbine in 1999, few have received extensive coverage in the media. Until the tragedy at Sandy...

Yesterday was a big day in the lives of the more than 10,000 children who are incarcerated in adult prisons.  And the 81,000 more who are in juvenile justice facilities. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) opened public hearings on the...