Different parents have different parenting styles, but we all want the same thing: happy kids who know how to handle their emotions when times get tough. When my kids accept difficult emotions as a ...

As children file back into America’s classrooms, they bring with them “backpacks full of emotion,” says Katie Hurley, a child psychotherapist and author of "The Happy Kid Handbook." And they are ...

An essential social skill is understanding emotion. Children learn about emotion even before language by paying attention to a caregiver’s face. Watching people around them provides children with ...

The concept of 'basic’ or ‘primary’ emotions dates back at least to the Book of Rites, a first-century Chinese encyclopaedia that picks out seven ‘feelings of men’: joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, ...

At a recent event, a student said something that stood out to educator Karen VanAusdal: “He said, ‘I want my teacher to ask me how I am, not just how my grades are.’” During these stressful times, ...

Fostering basic social skills for kids is now more important than ever as school gradually returns to in-person. It’s been about three weeks since your children returned to school buildings. How is ...

A teacher says that social and emotional learning “transformed our classroom into one full of joy, laughter, empowerment and grit.” Credit: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Little kids can often tell how people are feeling, even if that person is wearing a face mask, a new study published Monday found.There has been some concern that the face masks used at school during ...