Kids can be quick to feel shame and shut down or escalate when corrected. Skipping the correction and directly guiding them to do what's expected can be a game-changer.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To most effectively teach special-needs preschoolers, educators first need to analyze their thinking and behavior, and make changes. That’s the message behind a professional development training for ...

During the study, the teachers were told that the researchers were observing how quickly they could detect misbehavior. The teachers then watched brief videos of preschool children: a black boy, a ...

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

A report from the Yale University Child Study Center found that preschool teachers and staff show signs of implicit racial bias when disciplining students and anticipating misbehavior. In the study, ...